[Boatanchors] Coils and the winding thereof

[Carl]

That yukky stuff you keep reverting to collects all sorts of pollution, 
dust, and things with lots of legs. In high humidity it takes forever to dry 
unless you spend real money for marine grade. Thats my last comment on that 
subject (-;

I grew up around boats and then went into the Navy and still have memories 
of grabbing uncured gook in hot weather.

Carl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Tauson" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
To: "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; "boatanchors" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Coils and the winding thereof


> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Carl<km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>> Hold the windings in place with Q Dope which is era correct. Even 
>> National had it in their
>> 1934 catalog ands its use in QST goes back long before that. GC sells it 
>> today.
>
> It's still available?  Ooooh, cool!  I gots ta gets me some!  Thanks!
>
>> Id still stay far away from varnish or shellac around RF. Use that stuff 
>> on
>> the wood base or panel.
>
> Both were used in a number of places including coil forms and wiring.
> I used varnish to hold coils in place (as mentioned in the initial
> post) but not to coat them.  On the other hand, the wire used was
> bare, enameled magnet wire or DCC enameled wire (and in more than one
> case, Litz wire) which ever I had on hand at the time.  The coatings
> didn't seem to make a lot of difference nor did sealing some of them -
> notably chokes - in wax afterward.  I used Q dope but not all the
> time.  It was a "special cases" material used when nothing else would
> do.  I can't remember the criteria that had to be met before I got out
> my little bottle but apparently they were strict.  :-)
>
> In reading and participating in this thread as well as the parallel
> ones and the one on the old caps, I'm finding long forgotten memories
> coming back - some of the rare good ones from a childhood & teenhood
> that was far from good by any definition of the term.  (That gets into
> areas that I'd really rather not discuss on an open forum.)  The fact
> that some involve letting smoke out of places that smoke aughta not be
> let out doesn't make them any less good.  Smelly, though. Definitely
> smelly.
>
> No matter what else happened, though, those memories could not be
> taken from me and now they're coming back - smells and all - and I'm
> finding a lot of comfort in them.  Considering what else is happening
> in my life (specifically with Noelle), that comfort is more than
> welcome.
>
> Carl mentioned how interesting it is how our minds work that we can
> easily shift from automatic everything rigs to using something
> originally made before some of us were born.  I find it interesting
> what we sometimes find as comforting.  I don't drink except the
> occasional bit of Jameson's in my coffee (occasional: the fifth I
> bought New Year's Eve is still in play.) so this seems to be my
> substitute.  :-)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
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