[Lowfer] LITZ wire price

[EVP]

    Unless you have a really good ground inn my opinion you'd be better 
off using large plain magnet wire. Cheaper and easier.

Ed

Andy - KU4XR wrote:

>Thankd Todd:
>
>You are correct, I was planning to wind an extra loading coil
>for my lowfer beacon. I am currently using insulated 30 guage
>wire wound on a paint bucket, and a plastic coffee can and so
>far I haven't experienced any coil warmth at all. But. it's
>only 1 watt at 185 KHz. So if the 20/40 LITZ would be the
>equivalent of #27, then I would be going to a larger wire 
>than I'm using now, and probably at a lower resistance. 
>The resistance of the current setup is 5.4 Ohms for a total
>of 2.51 Milli-Henries ( measurements include the LP Filter ).
>I didn't think the amperage would be a problem at this
>power level though.
>
>73 to you :::
>
>
>Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
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>--- On Sun, 12/27/09, toddroberts2001 at aol.com <toddroberts2001 at aol.com> wrote:
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>>From: toddroberts2001 at aol.com <toddroberts2001 at aol.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] LITZ wire price
>>To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>>Date: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 4:29 PM
>>
>>
>> 
>>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
>>    
>>
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