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Re: [TowerTalk] Trap Coil Coating

To: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Trap Coil Coating
From: Glenn Pritchard <gpritchard7000@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 14:48:25 -0700
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Hi Scott 
There’s a type of glyptol that I used a few years ago but not as brittle. It 
can be found in electrical supply shops, what the name is I’m not sure.

Glenn,VA7UO 

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> On Sep 22, 2019, at 2:41 PM, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
> 
> My old A3 traps, from the original Cushcraft, not MFJ, have coils coated with 
> some sort of thick material. It also serves as a staking compound for the 
> sheet metal screws on each end of the coil, none of which have loosened in 27 
> years. (I looked at all of them.) The MFJ traps I ordered as spares are 
> completely uncoated. If I ever have to put them up, I'd like to at least 
> stake the screws. (Coating the coil, even with a low loss material, would 
> probably shift the resonance.) Does anyone know of a material that could be 
> used for this purpose? If nothing else, I suppose I could stake the screws 
> with epoxy, as losses there shouldn't be critical.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Scott K9MA
> 
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> 
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