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tritium
Tue Feb 21 2012, 04:56PM Print
tritium Registered Member #2591 Joined: Fri Jan 01 2010, 11:58AM
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hello all,
one question about iron cores, I want to remove the antenna of my pll 4 mhz coil and use a ct.
it just looks better without one

I wan't to use a T50-2 or T50-6 maybe, or is ferrite better?
Link2

so, what is the best way to make a 4mhz ct?
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Paul Benham
Wed Feb 22 2012, 10:45AM
Paul Benham Registered Member #570 Joined: Wed Mar 07 2007, 03:41PM
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To work well at 4MHz it will have to only have a few windings spaced well apart on a reasonable size core, say 8-16 turns maximum. It will also have to have a low resistance burden and have thick wire. You need to keep its self resonant frequency much higher than your 4Mhz frequency, and this is why only a few turns are possible.

Cheers,

Paul.
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ScotchTapeLord
Wed Feb 22 2012, 01:09PM
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Maybe someone knows the type Richie used for his HFSSTC.
Link2

Maybe Richie will come across this thread...
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tritium
Wed Feb 22 2012, 03:46PM
tritium Registered Member #2591 Joined: Fri Jan 01 2010, 11:58AM
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@ScotchTapeLord
Richie is using fixed frequency, with a crystall oscilater.

@ Paul Benham
can you advise me a core from Link2
I have thick silver plated wire 1.5mm2 (awg15)

thanks...
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ScotchTapeLord
Wed Feb 22 2012, 07:25PM
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Regardless, he is still operating toroidal ferrite cores at 4MHz.
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Paul Benham
Thu Feb 23 2012, 12:49PM
Paul Benham Registered Member #570 Joined: Wed Mar 07 2007, 03:41PM
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@tritium

Its not an iron powder core but ferrite. That table is for iron powder.

Fairite type 43 may work well.

Epcos N30 would also work, I've used this with good success with 8 turns for measurments up to 30MHz.

I also made a current sense transformer with 25 turns with good results. Both of these transformers used an Epcos N30 B64290L40X830. I cannot remember at what frequency it was flat to, but I think it was well over 10MHz before I started to see a resonant rise.

They had a low resistance burden with a series resistor in the output to give a 50R output impedance to drive a coax. At the other end was a 50R resistor to terminate the coax. This gives a flat response without ringing.

See Link2

Cheers,

Paul.
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tritium
Thu Feb 23 2012, 05:26PM
tritium Registered Member #2591 Joined: Fri Jan 01 2010, 11:58AM
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thanks guys, this is usefull information.
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