> >Seems that issue is not that effective resistivity of nichrome increases
> >with decreasing frequency - I don't think anybody is arguing that.
>
>
> Mr. Rauch has. He has also argued that most of current flows in the
> resistor instead of the inductor. In the 28-November sample problem he
> proposed, slightly more than half of the current flowed through the
> inductor
It would be best to look carefully at what was actually said, than
what Measures "claims" was said. You'll see large differences, as
he lifts things from context and changes facts.
> >and the conventional suppressors. If I am recalling the test data
> >correctly, the nichrome suppressor has higher losses at moderate VHF
> >frequencies (50 to 100 MHz) - a good thing, at the expense of higher
> >losses in the HF frequency range (a bad thing).
>
> So far, no one has reported seeing a drop in HF power. Presumably, a 1%
> change on 10m barely shows up on the average meter. In my opinion, the HF
> loss issue is a red herring.
Adding any HF loss while not improving suppression is a bad idea.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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