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From: psoper@donedeal.encore.com (Pete Soper)
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 10:06:37 -0400
Hi gang,

        Darrel AK6I pointed out foulups in my recent mail about
RF resistance. I was in a hurry and misread the wire sizes in 
Sams "Reference Data for Radio Engineers" (sixth edition). Here's a 
table of resistance values for copper wire based on the formula
on page 6-7.

Regards,
Pete
KS4XG

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            Copper wire RF resistance per foot at band centers
gauge    160    80     40     30     20     17     15     12     10
   4   0.0067 0.0094 0.0130 0.0155 0.0184 0.0208 0.0225 0.0243 0.0262
   6   0.0085 0.0119 0.0164 0.0196 0.0231 0.0262 0.0283 0.0307 0.0330
   8   0.0107 0.0150 0.0207 0.0246 0.0291 0.0329 0.0356 0.0386 0.0415
  10   0.0135 0.0189 0.0261 0.0311 0.0368 0.0416 0.0450 0.0488 0.0525
  12   0.0170 0.0239 0.0330 0.0392 0.0464 0.0525 0.0568 0.0615 0.0662
  13   0.0191 0.0268 0.0370 0.0440 0.0521 0.0589 0.0638 0.0691 0.0743
  14   0.0214 0.0301 0.0416 0.0495 0.0585 0.0662 0.0716 0.0776 0.0834
  16   0.0270 0.0380 0.0524 0.0624 0.0738 0.0834 0.0903 0.0978 0.1052
  18   0.0341 0.0479 0.0661 0.0786 0.0930 0.1052 0.1139 0.1233 0.1326
  20   0.0430 0.0603 0.0833 0.0992 0.1173 0.1327 0.1436 0.1555 0.1672
  22   0.0542 0.0761 0.1051 0.1250 0.1479 0.1673 0.1810 0.1961 0.2109
  24   0.0683 0.0960 0.1325 0.1577 0.1866 0.2110 0.2283 0.2473 0.2659
  26   0.0861 0.1210 0.1671 0.1988 0.2353 0.2661 0.2879 0.3118 0.3353
  28   0.1086 0.1526 0.2107 0.2507 0.2967 0.3355 0.3630 0.3932 0.4229
  30   0.1369 0.1923 0.2655 0.3160 0.3739 0.4228 0.4575 0.4955 0.5329

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