On Thursday, November 1, 2012 6:00:36 PM UTC-5, Tom wrote:
Hi,

I am blessed to have the DX-CC land in my lap, but used and soon will need

rewiring. Any advice on those coils? Can they just be re-coiled with the

same wire all along? I have a large coil of solid copper wire that is 12g

with the plastic jacket with a uv thin sholack. What are the recemmendations

for the coil turns and lengths of that coil wire?



or am I better off replacing those coils with exactly the same size

enammeled copper wire with two solder joints? Same as the manufacture does.

Would they just do it this way to speed up the process? Make it easier for

mass production?



If I were to wire that top leg all same wire including the coils, is that

preferred? Any ideas as to the specs for doing it that way if you guys think

that is electrically more logical? Or not?



Thanks



73s









If it still works, I see no real need to rewire. The green
coating is not going to hurt anything, unless it's so severe
the wire is rotting away. Or if the coating causes a short
between windings for some reason. If not, I would just use
it as is.
But if you really feel compelled to rewire it, I would use
the same exact gauge solid wire that was originally used.
That way you can use the same forms with no design changes.