joost <joost.jager@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:b1a9e798-612a-4ad9-96fc-
a630e4f096c2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi all,
>
> I´m planning to build a DC block for the SSB ground strap. The article
> Marine Grounding Systems, http://www.sailmail.com/grounds.htm,
> discusses how to make this and suggests the type of capacitor to use.
> It´s the Type X7R Monolithic Ceramic capacitor, 0.15uF, 100 volt.
> Unfortunately I can only obtain the 50 volt version in the place where
> I am now (Whangarei, New Zealand). Are there any opinions on whether
> this will also suffice? I´m transmitting using a 100W Icom 718 SSB
> transceiver.
>
> Joost Jager.
>
Why do it all over again? The tuners, such as the Icom AT-140, already
have DC blocking capacitors built into them between the tuner and its RF
Ground terminal. Why put another one in series with the one already in
the
tuner??
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