In Bill M
wrote:

I cannot afford the real air/mini-dux.

This thread prompted me to look at B&W's Web site.

The price of the real Airdux is breathtaking.

A single piece of the 1610TL (10" long, 2" diameter, 10tpi, 16 gauge
wire) that the OP is looking for is $100.

Even the lesser-rated 3027 Miniductor is a hefty $40.

http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/aduxlex.htm
http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/mini.htm

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

Bert Hyman wrote:
In Bill M
wrote:

I cannot afford the real air/mini-dux.

This thread prompted me to look at B&W's Web site.

The price of the real Airdux is breathtaking.

A single piece of the 1610TL (10" long, 2" diameter, 10tpi, 16 gauge
wire) that the OP is looking for is $100.

Even the lesser-rated 3027 Miniductor is a hefty $40.

http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/aduxlex.htm
http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/mini.htm

Even inflation doesn't account for those prices!
In 1967 I bought some mini-inductor stock for building a receiver
project from PE magazine. The #3016 mini-inductor was $1.03 and the
#3013 was $0.63 each. Today, they are listed on the website at $60 and
$20 each! Over a 50X increase in price! Inflation over some 40 years
wasn't THAT bad (or gas would be over $15/gal today).

Note that the web site implies that they are no longer making the coils
anymore, and that a 'special order' might be involved.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND....
That is the only thing the really counts.......




"ken scharf" wrote in message
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Bert Hyman wrote:
In Bill M
wrote:
I cannot afford the real air/mini-dux.

This thread prompted me to look at B&W's Web site.

The price of the real Airdux is breathtaking. A single piece of the
1610TL (10" long, 2" diameter, 10tpi, 16 gauge
wire) that the OP is looking for is $100. Even the lesser-rated 3027
Miniductor is a hefty $40.

http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/aduxlex.htm
http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/mini.htm

Even inflation doesn't account for those prices!
In 1967 I bought some mini-inductor stock for building a receiver project
from PE magazine. The #3016 mini-inductor was $1.03 and the #3013 was
$0.63 each. Today, they are listed on the website at $60 and $20 each!
Over a 50X increase in price! Inflation over some 40 years wasn't THAT
bad (or gas would be over $15/gal today).

Note that the web site implies that they are no longer making the coils
anymore, and that a 'special order' might be involved.

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:12:12 -0600, ReasonableMan wrote:

SUPPLY AND DEMAND....
That is the only thing the really counts.......

And stupid consumers.

On Jan 25, 9:32*am, Bert Hyman wrote:
M
wrote:

I cannot afford the real air/mini-dux.

This thread prompted me to look at B&W's Web site.

The price of the real Airdux is breathtaking.

A single piece of the 1610TL (10" long, 2" diameter, 10tpi, 16 gauge
wire) that the OP is looking for is $100.

Even the lesser-rated 3027 Miniductor is a hefty $40.

http://www.bwantennas.com/coils/adux...coils/mini.htm

--
Bert Hyman * * *St. Paul, MN *

Getting set up to fabricate these coils may be a good garage business
for someone. I made some one time utilizing a metal dowel that already
had four groves spaced a 90 degress. I wrapped the wire around the
dowel and filled the grove with resin. This worked fairly decent. Im
sure that someone who already had some metal working tools could
fabricate similar setup or probably come up with something better to
set up an "as required" production line.

Jimmie