[Lowfer] Musical capacitors and dissipation loss

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:56:39 -0500

>Pictures. Please send them to me also. Thank you.

But Mike, you gave up your subscripion to Loops Unlimited last year!

BA

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>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of Bill Ashlock
>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:48 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Musical capacitors and dissipation loss
>
>Paul,
>
>You may want to consider a tuned inductor rather that a tuned capacitor. I
>used this approach last winter with my rotatable Lowfer TX loop (Eight 10ft
>sections of 3/4" Cu pipe with 45 elbows), and it was very stable. Used just
>a few turns of #14 over a threaded powder iron slug. This was connected in
>series with one of the loop terminals and the transformer inside the final
>box. This may sound nuts but the slug was threaded to the plastic box and a
>knob was attached to the slug on the outside. I'll send a pix if you are
>interested.
>
>Bill A
>
>PS: Starting to see your signal. No FM at all.
>
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