[Lowfer] LITZ wire price

[toddroberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/27/2009 3:32:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ku4xr at yahoo.com writes:

Hello All:

I have never purchased LITZ wire before, but have heard  that 
the price is high. I have found some 20 strand - 40 guage,
unserved  LITZ that is 9 cents per foot. Is this a good price?
Thanks for your  input;

73 :::
 
 
 
Hi Andy,
You didn't give any information on what frequency you plan to use the wire  
on 
or whether you plan to use it for transmitting or receiving?
 
I assume you want to use the wire in the Lowfer band? #40 AWG stranded Litz 
 is 
correct for the 100-200KHz frequency range.
 
20 strands of #40 gauge wire = 20/40 Litz wire is awfully small wire,  
equivalent to about #27 gauge round wire. This would only be good for receiving  
use and probably small even for a loop
antenna.
 
For transmitting use you would want something heavier like 270 strands  of
#40 gauge wire = 270/40 Litz wire. This would be equivalent to #16  gauge 
round wire
and would build a reasonable size loading coil of low RF resistance.
 
73 - Todd WD4NGG