[Boatanchors] Milliammeter shunt resistance wire sources?

[Jim Wilhite]

Some shunts require more than .2-.5 ohms which is fairly easy with 
copper wire.  I don't remember exactly but the shunts in Johnson 
Viking/Valiant would require quite a coil of wire if you use the stuff 
that the current requires.  In some cases nichrome wire or low value 
wire wound resistors makes sense.

Jim/W5JO
>
>
> I do not understand why one would mess with nichrome wire. It is not 
> Rocket
> Science to
> use copper wire for a meter shunt. The ohmic value is easy to 
> calculate.
> Look in
> the ARRL handbook.