Wall Wart RFI Noise Filter

MINI-BALUN 4:1 Coax Interface to Ladder Line, Loop, OCF antennas 500 Watts PEP, 1-61 MHz

SKU MB-4-500SS
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MINI-BALUN 4:1 Coax Interface to Ladder Line, Loop, OCF antennas 500 Watts PEP, 1-61 MHz
Product Details
Brand: Palomar Engineers
MPN: MB-4-500TS
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Effective Frequency Range (MHz): 1-60
PEP Power Rating (watts): 500 SSB (25% duty cycle), 250 Watts CW/FT8 (50% duty cycle)
Estimated Insertion Loss (db): .25 db
Input Connector Type: SO-239 female
Output Connector Connector Type: Dual 1/4" stainless steel studs
Enclosure Size (LxWxH inches): 3" long, 2 in wide, 1.25" high

MINI-BALUN Features:

- Uses proprietary Multi-Turn, Multi-Ferrite technology for maximum power transfer and minimum SWR

- 500 Watts PEP, 50 ohm SO-239 connectors In, Dual Side Stud Output, 1-61 MHz (usable to 100 MHz) - AKA 4:1 BALUN

- Works for coax fed antennas from 1.8-61 MHz (160-6 meters) - excellent for multi-band loops, OCF, G5RV/ZS6BKW or Flag Pole OCF antennas fed with ladder line.

- 2-5 times more wider bandwidth and higher power then competing baluns of similar power ratings


This balun has a SO-239 input and 1/4" side studs output.

For Higher Power needs use our CB-4-1500TS or CB-4-5000TS







Wall Wart switching DC power supplies that plug into the AC power line plug and provide DC power to laptops, routers, battery chargers, cell phone chargers, etc are a known source of broadband RFI (a.k.a dirty electricity) that effects many electrical devices including computers, radio receivers, HDTV systems, etc.  In many cases this extra RFI noise effects computer I/O speeds since they have to error correct the information packets many more times due to the noise interference causing packet errors.  A ferrite ring can often increase data throughput by reducing the error correction to normal rates.

A simple ferrite ring filter on the DC power line can help suppress the RFI noise affecting the victim device or keep the DC power cord from acting as an antenna and radiating RFI into other victim devices. This kit is also useful on laptop computer supplies, routers, cable modems, wireless phone charges, etc.

RFI WW Installation 300x288 - Wall Wart RFI Noise Filter

Installation is quick and easy: Just wrap the DC power cord through the center of the ring filter as many times as you can and reinstall.  For best results with long DC power lines, use one at the ring filter at the wall wart end (to prevent the wall wart power supply from using the DC line as an antenna) and another at the DC plug end (to prevent the electronics in the powered device from using the DC power cord as an antenna).  Typical installation is shown below:

The filter suppresses RFI in from .1-100 MHz.   Inside diameter is 3/4 inch/19 mm.

Since most households and office environments have multiple wall warts we offer the Wall Wart RFI Filter kit in bulk quantity packages.

Known RFI Generators include Roku/Sling-TV power adapter - Interference heard in the AM broadcast band
 and harmonics.
Also many ethernet Cable/DSL modems, cell phone chargers, computer power adapters have the same issue:
using the AC or DC side of the power supply as a radiating antenna.

RFI solution is to use a linear power supply, change adapters or wall wart ferrite filters