[HBR] 160 Meter Coils

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/25/06 12:38:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
daileyservices at qwest.net writes:


>  Yeah, I'd read in some HBR literature (which I
> can't recall now), that 160m coils were difficult, as the amount of wire
> that was required was more than the form could hold... perhaps I could make
> a different form - wouldn't be the first time.
> 

Or how about this idea:

Suppose special, longer homebrew coilforms were used for 160. The extra 
length would not be used for more coil turns because the shielding doesn't go up 
high enough. Instead, there would be an additional trimmer and a small slide 
switch on each form, and the band would be broken up into two segments. 

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It occurs to me even if one could get a set of HBR coils to work on 160, 
first- IF feedthrough might be a problem. Keeping 1600 out when tuned to 1800 
might not be easy.

Perhaps an external upconverter? 

73 de Jim, N2EY