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Re: [TowerTalk] grounding radials: solid or stranded?

To: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>,"Phil Camera" <kb9cry@comcast.net>,"William Q Meeker" <wqmeeker@iastate.edu>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] grounding radials: solid or stranded?
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:14:16 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> The real question is whether this is practical or
worthwhile at HF (>3 MHz)
> frequencies.  It's certainly worthwhile at 60 Hz (HV
transmission lines use
> "bundles" rather than single strands to reduce series
inductance (as well as
> improve HV breakdown)).  It's also probably worthwhile at
tens or hundreds
> of kHz (as in switching power supplies, where they do use
Litz wire in
> transformers).

http://www.w8ji.com/skindepth.htm

73 Tom

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