There were a series on silver plating on the vhf reflector back in Feb/March of
1998. I saved some of the postings. I could combine them (about a dozen) into
one posting if desired.
73, Harry, W3IIT
At 08:00 AM 9/18/99 -0400, Norman Hockler wrote:
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>Guys...
>
>The advantage in silver plating is, of course, the lowering of resistance
>caused by the skin effect, and as we know all the current will travel on
>the surface of the cavity. The silver plating does not have to be very
>thick to get the desired effect of the additional few watts this will afford.
>
>There are a number of low cost silver plating kits available. I used one
>for my 8877 amp that worked fine. Cost me $12.
>
>Norm N8RGR
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