>
> ## I have given up on torroids for tank coils on the low bands. I have
> found some small diam, edge
> wound ribbon coil stock that works the best for low band work. 3/8" edge
> wound ribbon [.072" thick]
> is the same as .28" tubing for current handling. 1/4" ribbon [ also
> .072" thick] is ample in most cases
> and is the same as .2" OD tubing. A friend also gave me a bunch of air
> dux.. that uses 8 ga wire.. and the
> wire was copper..and not the usual tinned material. These are things of
> beauty. I didn't know you could
> get coil stock in 8 ga wire.
>
> Jim VE7RF
So where do you buy this stuff? I need some for my 8877 project. I'm not
happy with the 80 meter toroid getting so hot. I run a lot of RTTY. The amp
runs toroids on 80 and 160. The rest of the tank is 1/4" and 3/16" tubing
which works just fine on 10-40 meters.
73
Jim W7RY
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