Thread: Magloop woes
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Old November 8th 03, 08:56 PM
Richard Clark
 
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On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 19:39:39 +0000, wrote:
Would it not be better to get a long piece of
pipe and a plumber's pipebender and make the loop out of one piece of
pipe to avoid joints?


Hi OM,

Solder is for weather sealing an already conductive join. Those who
think of the solder as conductor then extend its resistive qualities
into the equation (ignoring the massive surface area involved). If
their solder jobs melt, it is only positive proof of the poor surface
preparation, and/or subsequent oxidation following a poor solder job.

Mike's 7 Meter diameter 40M loop hardly fits into the "mag loop"
genre. The coupling loop comes closer, but then it has the advantage
of being near the larger element which offloads the current demand.

However, one piece of pipe works too, but you still have the joins at
each end. What size wire will you use? When can you finally use
something more reasonable than #0000 to the transmitter terminals
(which, no doubt, harbor #18 wire)? ;-)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC