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Re: Compared to the cost, size and weight of using Plitrons for...

"even a high end Lundahl choke would add a very small percentage to both the cost and the weight - and minimally to the already gigantic (to me at least) size."
Well, I tend to agree, but I'm just quoting what he said in his article. Maybe, with all the cost, space and weight he'd already incurred, he felt that a smoothing choke would have been the last straw?

As I explained to Tre', I wasn't crusading against the use of chokes, just interested in this alternative approach. From your replies and others, it seems a choke-input filter (a real one!) is a hard act to follow. Thanks for your interest.


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