[Amps] tank coil heating

[R L Measures]

On May 11, 2006, at 5:09 PM, wc6w at juno.com wrote:

> Hi Chuck,
>   I looked at your photos (nice work!) and it appears that you are  
> using a piece of Airdux with perhaps #12 size conductor.  That is a  
> mite small for 20 meters.  I'd suggest upsizing the 20 meter  
> section of the coil to at least 1/8" (#8) or even 5/16" diameter.
>
>   The load padding capacitor as noted by several others is the  
> wrong type for this application.
>
>   A few options:
>
>   1. Change the load vacuum cap to 1400pF and eschew the padder.
>
>   2. Use a better quality padder.
>       A Jennings JSLF-450
>           or
>       Several Centralab (or equiv.) 850 series ceramic NPO's in  
> parallel

N750s are also suitable for tuned circuit applications.

>           ...
>

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