[Hammarlund] HQ 180 coil rewinding

[Al Parker]

Hi Bob,
	Is it Litz wire?  I haven't had the "pleasure" of having to get into 
rewinding those coils, but thought Litz was used on lower freq. stuff. 
If it's not Litz, just get an end of what's there, and measure it with a 
micrometer, if you have one.  Then go to a wire table in an old handbook 
to see what no. it is.  The actual wire size is not critical, the number 
of turns is, somewhat.  Be glad it's not the 80m coil ;-)
73,

Al, W8UT
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On 7/24/2014 8:00 PM, Robert Sauvan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a 180 that has a burned 40 meter antenna tuning coil T-15. I have
> tried to find a replacement with no luck at all. So, I have decided to
> rewind it myself which really doesnt look to be all that difficult. My
> question though is what size Litz wire should I use? The primary winding
> is good and the wire size looks to be much larger than the secondary
> winding wire. Anyone have any idea what I should be looking to pick up?
>
> Thanks-Bob-W0YBS: