10 Reasons to Use the DX Engineering DXE-FBC Ferrite Bead Choke Kit
From time to time, OnAllBands presents our readers with a fresh look at a proven DX Engineering product to provide a clear and concise explanation of how it can make […]
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Powdered-Iron Cores: How Do They Compare to Ferrite?
In an earlier OnAllBands article (“What Is Ferrite, Anyway?”) I explored the use of ferrite cores for chokes, baluns, and other amateur radio applications. In recent years, ferrite-core components like […]
Products & Product Reviews
Ferrite—An Inexpensive Way for Hams to Improve Their Time on Air PART 3: DX Engineering Bead Choke Standoff Kits
In our last blog post exploring DX Engineering ferrite products, we looked at High Impedance Common Mode RF Choke Kits, which include either 30 or 40 ferrite toroid bead chokes […]
Products & Product Reviews
Ferrite—An inexpensive Way for Hams to Improve Their Time on Air (Part 2): DX Engineering High Impedance Common Mode RF Choke Kits
It’s no secret that common mode RF riding on the outside shield of a feedline is a super-villain to Hams, causing interference, tuning problems, erroneous meter readings, and distortion or […]
Products & Product Reviews
Ferrite—An Inexpensive Way for Hams to Improve Their Time on Air (Part 1): DX Engineering Color-Coded Ferrite RF Noise Reduction Kits
We’ve talked a great deal in OnAllBands about the benefits of using selected mixes of ferrite toroids and beads to block and dissipate RF currents—a technique for suppressing radio frequency […]
Clifton Labs
Data on Ferrite Transformers
(Editor’s Note: The following article is from the archives of experimenter, inventor, friend of the Ham Radio community, and founder of Clifton Laboratories, Jack Smith, K8ZOA (SK).) In working on a […]
Products & Product Reviews
DX Engineering’s Color-Coded Ferrite Toroids
If you purchase ferrite components from most manufacturers, you’ll find that they all look pretty much alike: dark grey beads and toroids and rods without markings or other identification. This […]
HAM Radio 101
Word of the Day: Ferrite–What it is and Why You Need It
If your station suffers from radio frequency interference (RFI), today’s Word of Day, ferrite, should become an immediate and permanent part of your Ham Radio vocabulary. Different mixes of ferrite—a […]
Clifton Labs / Technical Articles
Permeability and Ferrite Material
Since the article was written in 2008, other types of ferrite material have been introduced with different characteristics over the MF and HF frequency ranges. Type 31 has become popular […]
Technical Articles
How to Protect Wire from Ferrite
Before winding wire, particularly enameled wire, on a bare ferrite core, take steps to protect the wire from the abrasive ferrite’s edges and corners. If the core has an inside […]
