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Re: [IRCA] Magnet Wire for antenna projects?
This wire is good for winding matching transformers, but not for antennas - it's too delicate for longwires, and too thin for tuned loops.
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
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FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot
--- On Mon, 9/28/09, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] Magnet Wire for antenna projects?
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, amdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 1:05 PM
> I see an eBay seller that is offering
> 650' of 23 guage magnet wire with
> a starting bid of less than $20. The guage seems
> awful thin but I was
> wondering if it could be used for some antenna projects
> like the Crate
> loop or maybe a flag? I know that it could be used
> for making a feed
> end transformer with a torroid for a flag or corner fed
> loop.
>
> This link will get truncated (just copy/paste both
> sections):
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Copper-Magnet-Wire-AWG-23-650-Ft-SPN-Red-Solderable_
> W0QQitemZ160365231739QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2556
> 833e7b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
>
> You can search by auction number: 160365231739
>
> He has other AWG's to choose from including 2000 feet (!)
> of 28 guage
> (!) for $16.99 (!!!)
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Dave Hascall
> Indy
>
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