[Amps] winding plate inductors

[Radio WC6W]

Hi Chuck,
   A while back, I inherited a wondrous item for that task.

   It is a "Calculaide Frequency Computer" made by American Hydromath
Corp. back in the 1950's.   US pat. no. 2,530,304

   The device is in the form of a circular nomograph where one may set
the coil diameter, coil length, and turns per inch to directly calculate
the inductance.

   There are also scales to show capacitance and resulting resonant
frequency, in both meters & KC, in conjunction with an inductor.

   It comes in real handy when trying to custom fit a coil into a limited
space.

   Maybe you can find one on the 'bay or similar but, no living ham would
ever relinquish one of these!  As Chuck Heston once intoned, "from my
cold dead hand!"

73 & Good morning,
   Marv  WC6W


P.S. -- The thing came in a sewn leather cover with gold embossed
lettering.   That's something we'll never see again!   
  


On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 05:08:49 -0800 "Partain, Chuck"
<Chuck_Partain at maxtor.com> writes:
>         quick question, where can I find info about the actual 
> winding of a
> plate inductor. 
> I know copper, silver plated, all that good stuff to use but I 
> haven't run
> across (other than winding and measuring) 
> any "magic formula" for winding different coil sizes.. 
>   
> when I figure out what I need for a specific inductance on a band, 
> how do I
> know what to wind? 
> 
> looked in orr's handbook and the ARRL handbook, not much in there, 
> plus some
> web surfing...nothing. 
> 
> help always appreciated. 
> 
> ~ka1mwp 
> 
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