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!
--
73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ
WD2XSH/23
WE2XEB/2
WE2XGR/1
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Alan Melia <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]
>
> Best Wishes
> Alan G3NYK
>
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