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Re: Braided or Smooth Strap?



Robert, all,

> AWG, PVC coated stranded tinned copper.  Malcolm, your test results 
> indicate that silver covered, solid copper wire with Teflon or 
> Polyethylene outer sheath would be the best secondary wire for a 
> large coil system.  Here I was proposing to possibly wind a large secondary 
> with RG-59, employing the outer shield as the conductor.  Guess I'll 
> have to re-think that one!

Believe it or not, I wound a primary with the stuff a couple of years
back thinking, RF stuff, just the bees knees etc. and wondered why it 
performed so lousy. I found out a year later :)

Malcolm