Jaycar L15 ferrite (LO1238)

Jaycar’s LO1238 ferrite toroid is readily available in Australia at low cost and quite suits some HF RF projects.

The published data is near to useless, so a long time ago I measured some samples and created a table of complex permeability of the L15 material which I have used in many models over that time. It did concern me that measured µi was about 25% higher than spec, which is the limit of stated tolerance. Keep in mind that this is Chinese product with scant data published.

I have measured some samples purchased recently, and µi is closer to the specified 1000, so I intend using this new data in future projects.

Above is complex permeability calculated from s11 measurement of a single turn on the LO1238.

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