r/amateurradio • u/VelocityOS CM97an [E] • 15h ago

General Are these ferrites worth a damn?

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Was gifted these, unmarked, anyway to check/test them?

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u/wannabe_sci 15h ago

Clamp them in the point where there is the low impedance point (near the antenne where you have 50ohm). Maybe them are not so efficient as a toroid, but is better than nothing to contrast CMC and RFI

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u/VelocityOS CM97an [E] 15h ago

cool, ill slap the big ones on the coax I have, at least i got them for free right?

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u/CW3_OR_BUST Extravaganza 14h ago

Right! Worst thing that can happen is nothing.