>Hi all, can anyone explain to me why silver plating is used to
>decrease loses in tank circuits and so on. Looking at the figures
>there seems to be a very small difference in resistivity and skin
>depth between silver and copper. Is is to reduce losses due to
>tarnishing perhaps?
That's my understanding. But apparently, not all silver platings are the
same - there's a 'hard' and a 'soft' plate, and one of them (and I can't
remember which) can actually reduce Q.
73
Peter G3RZP
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