[Lowfer] My variometer resistance

[Mike WE0H]

How many feet of wire did it take to wind this variometer/coil? 14g 
would be nice but you don't need it for that QRP power level. 22g should 
be fine. Silver plated would be very nice to use.

Mike
WE0H


Andy - KU4XR wrote:
> Learning as I'm going, My variometer was the single best thing
> I have done for my beacon so far, bringing the greatest gain.
> It's a 5 gallon paint bucket, wound with very small wire. I'm 
> not sure of the guage, maybe #28 to #30 ( 6 stranded solid 
> burglar alarm wire ). I know small wire has higher resistance,
> So I thought it would take fewer turns for a needed inductance.
> I measure 9.0 OHMs DC resistance across the variometer, and I am
> assuming that's way too high, and have been told by others they
> thought it was pretty high. If this question can even be asked 
> this way; " What is a TYPICAL DC resistance of a paint bucket 
> variometer ?? " I do consider wire size, material, spacing, etc.
> In the how bad do you want it catagory, the current cost of a 
> 500' rool of #14 solid / insulated is around $ 45.00. That's one
> reason I used the wire I had on hand for free. Still choking on 
> the $ 45.00 wire.
>
> Nutshell::  Is 9 OHMs too high ? Is there any such thing as typical ?
>
>
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
>   LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 184.322 KHz