[Elecraft] Astron VS-35M Powwer Supply V-

[Josh Fiden]

I believe his point was that a fat and skinny cable in series provides 
the same net resistance regardless of the ordering of the pieces. Not 
that a real world cable would be 100 ohms.

73
Josh W6XU

On 4/12/2018 9:55 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> > Running a heavy power supply line with a lighter gauge wire at
> > the radio end OR a lighter wire at the power supply end, the
> > overall net supply resistance (and voltage drop) will be the same.
> > For example, 100 Ohms in series with 1 Ohm equals 101 Ohms net total
> > resistance.
>
> Use *realistic* resistance values.  For example, a 10 foot piece of
> of #8 wire (0.63 milli-Ohms per foot) with a six inch "pigtail" of
> #12 wire (1.5 milli-Ohms per foot) is equivalent to 11' 3" of #8
> wire or less than one foot of #12 wire.
>