>
>Silver is typically used to help improve loss characteristics, but as others
>have said, silver doesn't do much at HF. On VHF/UHF and above, it makes a
>big difference.
>
>The heat is just losses in the coil. 1.5 KW on 10m is a lot of energy.
>Think of how hot your 1.5 KW hair dryer gets. There is some loss in the
>coil and that is turned into heat.
>
>You could probably make a new coil out of bigger tubing, but it would still
>probably get hot. ...
... but not as much.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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