[HBR] 160 Meter Coils

[TC Dailey]

Jay,

Thanks for the analysis - I did a far less technical measurement, and you're
right on the money.  The guy who originally wound my 40, 20, and 1 of the
80m coils wasn't a neatness freak, so MY 80m coils are neater and easier to
use emperical data upon.  I'm gonna' try to make some 160m coils, using 28
or 30 ga wire (smaller wire takes up less space), and just go for PART of
the band to begin with.  A very good point, brought up in this thread, is
that 1.8 mc is not very darned far from the 1.7 mc already used... so it's
possible that it's not gonna be real great, but what the heck... let's try.

When I was given my HBR-11, it was possessed of many problems, was missing a
tube, had NO identification as to what kind of radio is was (or it's origins
or inspiration), and it's since become a labor of love.  I was given the
original QST articles (for the 11 and 8), original cut-sheets on the IF
cans, and Variable Cap, and a set of HBR Notes.  Those enabled me to
resurrect this one (I even found the guy who built it).  I know that mine's
not as pretty as others'... and it still has a bit of mechanical
non-stiffness to work out, but it WILL be alongside my 1954 Heathkit AT-1 on
Straight Key Night, keyed by a 1939 McElroy Deluxe 300 key, and listened to,
via some Telephonics headphones from the back of a Consolidated PBY
Catalina, that flew with one of the famous BLACK CAT SQUADRON's out of
Tacloban, Leyte, during WW-II.  I think that the rig is historically proper
for the occasion.

Besides... They make the right smells.

Tom - WØEAJ