Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mh01.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 3B6D138000188; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:45:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1R4DAQ-0000GK-Us for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:43:54 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1R4DAQ-0000GB-Hs for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:43:54 +0100 Received: from mail-pz0-f45.google.com ([209.85.210.45]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1R4DAN-00089t-Q4 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:43:54 +0100 Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33so1928370pzk.4 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:43:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=S72NvUr7peYzy6gD5afs+krR6u7VlcMCRpJqzR4sDxk=; b=WxNS5TY3n9J+f2gEfZlomSivs19bhcJ/Ch8WHTBOLmGsu+VDQiAWFqqsDx4AZkHfVj wRJWilzLycQyhFFq/e6NgYx5lZMEN11H53e8VI45H+zko6ejDQ940pc6/rbBpK8kVdB1 +AvPfoOaoNYGcciOL4hrbX6owMU1v+OctIJK8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.10.40 with SMTP id f8mr2105681pbb.67.1316097824528; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:43:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.63.34 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:43:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <004401cc7392$0afa5860$4001a8c0@lark> References: <004401cc7392$0afa5860$4001a8c0@lark> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:43:44 -0400 Message-ID: From: Warren Ziegler To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Litz wire available Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:492306272:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-d308.1 ; domain : gmail.com DKIM : pass x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d60d54e720f800640 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Alan, It is great to hear that Derek is still active in all things radio - what a fine gentleman and asset to amateur radio he is! --=20 73 Warren K2ORS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XGJ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XSH/23 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XEB/2 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XGR/1 On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Alan Melia wro= te: > Hi all, I attended a microwave event at the Crawley Club at the weekend a= nd > 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 Lit= z > 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. The= re > are two types avaiable, PTFE jacketed =A0and DCC (double cotton covered f= or > the youngsters :-)) =A0) =A0I recollect this is about 3 to 4 mm outer dia= meter > 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" o= f > your loading coils!! > > Please correspond directly with Derek on derek.atter@gmail.com > > Best Wishes > Alan G3NYK > > >