LF: Re: LITZ WIRE

["Johan Bodin" <sm6lkm.jbeab@swipnet.se>]

Hi All

G3KEV wrote:
> 2. A loading coil of the same inductance wound with 4mm litz wire
> behaves differently. Because of the much higher Q  the slightest breeze
> or some rain and it needs retuning to resonance, also sudden
> fluctuations are not good for the FET pa.
This is true only if the ground loss (in ground point R + antenna-to-gnd return 
R)
is very low compared to the coil R. Consider the actual antenna Q which is 
lower,
and often MUCH lower in amateur antennas, than the loading coil Q.

73
Johan SM6LKM