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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:47:11 +0000
From: Stewart Bryant <stewart@g3ysx.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: LF: Litz wire available
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On 15/09/2011 11:27, Alan Melia wrote:
> Hi all, I attended a microwave event at the Crawley Club at the weekend and
> met Derek Atter again, G3GRO, who was an early pioneer of LF in the UK.
> Despite now being wheelchair bound Derek still takes and active interest in
> all things radio.
>
> He advises me that the Crawley Club still has a substantial amount of Litz
> wire available. This is quite thick ....Derek says about 800 strand which I
> think will mean 729 strand as proper Litz is always a power-of-three. There
> are two types avaiable, PTFE jacketed  and DCC (double cotton covered for
> the youngsters :-))  )  I recollect this is about 3 to 4 mm outer diameter
> and was used on the PA and antenna tuning coils at the Decca Navigator
> sites. I understand this is available in return for a donation to Club
> funds, and a carriage charge. So now is your chance to increase the "Q" of
> your loading coils!!
>
> Please correspond directly with Derek on derek.atter@gmail.com
>
> Best Wishes
> Alan G3NYK
>
>
>

We still have a significant quantity of this wire for sale towards
club funds.

Stewart/G3YSX