[AMPS] A novel Variable Inductor.

alex alex@sandlabs.com
Tue, 18 Dec 2001 05:29:30 -0500


Which stands to show that there is nothing new to invent any more :)
Who is Bill Orr? He must have (or had) a sharp mind :)

Alex



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the killers and not the people, why is it that
we can not accept the idea that CARS are
the speeders and not the drivers?

Alex, trying to understand the world around.

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----- Original Message -----
From: <W0YR@aol.com>
To: <alex@sandlabs.com>; <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] A novel Variable Inductor.


> Good thinking.
>
> You have re-discovered what Bill Orr did with a 6 m amp back in the 80s.
He
> used flat teflon on each end of the coil and fixed capacitors.  With a
brass
> threaded rod down the center, he could compress the coil or allow it to
> expand, thus varying the inductance.
>
> It's shown in the old W6SAI handbooks.
>
> 73
>
> Mike
> WØYR
>


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