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Subject: [AMPS] Winding chokes...
From: km1h@juno.com (km1h@juno.com)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 20:36:31 -0500

On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:11:22 -0500 (EST) Mike Sims <nasfred@1bigred.com>
writes:
>
>A source of ceramic forms for winding the chokes is to use the body of 
>an
>old high wattage ceramic resistor (~100w).  Remove the resistance wire 
>and
>you end up with a ceramic form.  The operative word is "old".  
>
>WWII vintage resistors are good as the outer covering just flakes off 
>when
>unrolling the resistance wire leaving a relatively smooth ceramic 
>body.  If
>you mount the ceramic form on a stand off insullator, the tabs the
>resistance wire was connected to can be used to tie off the beginning 
>and
>end of the choke winding.  (Small ceramic stand-offs are easier to 
>find than
>large ceramic forms.)


Good idea!


>
>I've wondered why the resistance wire couldn't remain and not hook the 
>choke
>winding to the tabs, or disconnect the resistance wire from the tabs 
>if the
>tabs are to be used to anchor the beginning and ending of the choke 
>winding?
>Haven't tried it, but can't think of a reason why the resistance wire
>couldn't stay on the form.  Thoughts from the group.



Resistance wire has inductance...just like copper wire. You would then be
paralleling two inductors.

73  Carl   KM1H


>        73,
>        Mike, K4GMH
>At 03:54 PM 10/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>>>Now, how do you folks who wind your own accomplish getting the 
>windings to
>>>stay where you want. Do you paint them with coil dope before 
>removing the
>>>spacing wind? This is my first attempt and I need a little 
>Elmering... 
>>
>>Carl, KM1H, once suggested using a little fingernail polish.  I tried 
>
>>this on some coils I wound and it works GREAT.
>>
>>Just put a dab on the wire shortly before where you are going to 
>apply 
>>the spacing.
>>
>>However, if you are using a spacing wind, I am guessing that you are 
>>creating a multi-section choke with supposedly different values of 
>>inductance per each section.  Well, according to some of the Elmers 
>here 
>>on the list, these sorts of chokes suffer from worse resonances than 
>just 
>>straight wound, single section chokes.  What happens is that the 
>choke 
>>sections tend to couple to each other.
>>
>>Try the fingernail polish stuff to hold it though, it works good.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Jon
>>KE9NA
>>
>>
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>>
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