My bad - I did mean polystyrene, but I was under the impression
the Airdux coil had a denser plastic.
--
Neal, NL7VL
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:55:54 -0600
"Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net> wrote:
> I don't recall significant differences between Airdux and B&W other
> than the color of the box. I still have some of both. And they were
> made by melting a hot wire into the plastic, most likely NOT nylon,
> delrin, or polycarbonate (Lexan) more likely polystyrene because of
> its better RF characteristics at the cost of temperature sensitivity.
> I'm sure I have catalogs for each.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
> On 1/14/2011 1:00 PM, Neal Laugman wrote:
> > Airdux is the stouter of the two - but still plastic - maybe a
> > nylon or delrin, but not polycarbonate like miniductor.
> >
> >
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