The capacitance between individual strands in Litz wire limits it's usefulness above 1 MHz or so. W8JI has an interesting discussion of skin effect at:
http://www.w8ji.com/skindepth.htm Bob NW8L On Jan 6, 2008 3:54 PM, David Cutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've used several strands of enamelled copper wire twisted together. I > usually twist 3 sets of 3 of quite thin wire, whatever is on hand; 0.2 to > 0.45mm dia is easy to use; after twisting I give the group a good pull the > stretch and stiffen it a bit but it still remains very flexible indeed and > does not have a memory effect. I tie the wires to a fence post then fit the > other ends into an electric hand drill 25m, it's surprising how much > twisting is needed. You must not let the wires touch the ground. It is > also very slippery and does not cling to other wires which I find a great > advantage when manipulating multi-wire structures. I call it "multi twist". > > David > G3UNA > > > An "El Cheapo" approach might be to use multi-conductor cable > > instead of a single, fat conductor to minimize Skin Effect losses. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
