Thanks for this helpful information, Mike.

I appreciate it.

Best 73 de Tomn Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Garrett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: rfi question


> The device  being discussed, I think, is more properly called a 
> split ferrite bead.  A toroid  is sort of a doughnut made of 
> ferrite material or powdered iron and the cable or wire is wound 
> through it several times.  There are ferrite beads that slip over 
> a wire but they have to be put on before  plugs or connectors are 
> installed.  The advantage of split beads, of course, is that they 
> can be applied to a cord or cable and snapped together like the 
> Radio Shack item, or the two halves are sometimes held together 
> with tape.
> 
> Unless they come in different sizes, the split beads I got from 
> Radio Shack would not fit a heavy air conditioner cord.  However, 
> there are large split ferrite beads that can fit RG8-sized cable 
> available from such places as Amidon Associates, The Wireman and 
> Ppalomar Engineers.
> 
> Amidon, Inc.
> 240 Briggs Avenue
> Costa Mesa, CA 92626
> 1-800-898-1883
> Fax (714) 850-1163
> www.amidoncorp.comwww.thewireman.com
> 
> Palomar Engineers
> P.O. Box 462222
> Escondido, CA 92046
> (760) 747-3343
> FAX: (760) 747-3346
> http://www.palomar-engineers.com
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> 
> The wireMan
> 261 Pittman Road
> Landrum, SC 29356
> Orders only: (800) 727-9473
> Tech Help: (864)895-4195
> http://www.thewireman.com
> 
> 
> 73.
> 
> Mike, K9AZS
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Ed Malmgren <[log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 09:39:36 -0600
> >Subject: Re: rfi question
> 
> >Tom, the last ones that I have gotten were different, they open 
> up from the
> >side and you have two half's of the magnet.  They are more 
> convenient to use
> >than the ones your talking about.  Ed K7UC
>