[Lowfer] Wire Choice

[Bob Roehrig]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Lyle Koehler wrote:

> "Silver plating makes a measurable improvement in the Q of a VHF circuit; 5
> to 10 per cent increase in 200-Mc. coils wound of copper ribbon resulted
> from before-and-after measurements in the ARRL Lab..."
>
> "Tests on typical items have shown no measurable improvement in transmitter
> efficiencies through plating, but these have not been made on enough
> circuits to be sure that no benefits are obtainable."

Many years ago I built a 1/4 KW amplifier for our 2 meter repeater. After
using it a while, I had the final plate tank and output coupling link
silver plated. There was no noriceable difference in efficiency.





                    73        Bob Roehrig        K9EUI
                    Aurora University Telecom/IS dept.
                    630-844-4898   broehrig@aurora.edu