[AMPS] Coil heating

[Peter Chadwick]

Mark says:

> RF current flows on the outer surface of the 6mm tube but 
>can't flow on the surfaces of the 1mm wires on the inside of the
>twisted bundle.

>In fact it's confined to 6 thin lines on the outside, at 50MHz my 
>guess is the Q drops about a factor of 3-4

Then how does bunched conductors, let alone Litz, work?

73

Peter G3RZP



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