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Subject: LF: Re: Powedered Iron Cores for high power?
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Hi Warren

I obtained a large powdered iron core ring (of uncertain pedigree), about
5inches diameter from either one of the Decca sites or from Rugby before it
closed down. On this I wound about 12 turns of 12SWG wire tapped at every
turn to make a multi-ratio auto transformer to match the Decca transmitter
to the bottom of the loading coil. This handled around 7amps to the antenna
when the Decca was on full power and  the core and windings just became
slightly warm after a couple of hours operation.

73

Peter G3LDO
>
>  My loop has a step down transformer from 50 ohms to the loop impedance of
about
> 1.7 ohms. I've implemented this with 4 stacked FT-290-77 ferrites and 16
turns
> of #10 teflon for the 50 ohm side and 3 turns of some european 16mm2
rubber
> insulated wire for the low impedance loop side of the transformer. The
> transformer and resonating caps are mounted in an fiberglass electrical
> enclosure outside. The core does heat up - to the point where I've been
leaving
> the door to the enclosure open (not good!)   I know that if I increase the
turns
> on the loop side I'll decrease the magnetic flux density and hence reduce
the
> core heating. However, the windings themselves appear to heat up a little
> independent of the core heating. I'm reluctant to go to smaller gauge wire
and I
> can't fit any more turns on the existing core. I've found a powdered iron
core
> T-520-52 that seems like it might do the trick. The mix 52 material is a
lower
> loss version of the Mix 26 material. The permeability is high enough so
that I
> can get enough inductance on the 50 ohm side with a reasonable number of
turns.
> (Using the rule that inductive reactance of the primary is at least 5x the
> source impedance of 50 ohms).  Does anyone have any experience with
powdered
> iron cores at high power? Any thoughts on this problem?
> Thanks & 73
> Warren
>
> --
> 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ
> FN42hi
> http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xgj.htm
>
>