Cecil Moore wrote:

Richard Clark wrote:

How thick was the original radiator? Stainless steel's fine for
larger diameters, the pits for small diameters.


Speaking of skin effect, consider a threaded rod on
edge with all those hills and valleys.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Does skin effect force the RF to flow up and down
the hills and valleys thus increasing the VF of
the threaded rod?


In a related fashion, if you have a sort of reverse copperweld, that is
to say copper wire plated with steel, does the skin effect mean the RF
is confined to the steel?

Since skin effect has to stop somewhere - I mean insulated wire doesn't
have the RF try to run on the insulation, at what point does skin effect
stop, resistance of the outer part of the wire as a factor?

Does skin effect and insulation have any relationship with velocity factor?


Or have I opened my mouth and removed all doubt as the old saying about
stupidity goes? 8^)

- Mike KB3EIA -