[Amps] Silver plating

[Alex Eban]

...usually they do it for esthetic purposes. Ah HF at least, the skin effect
occurs at depths greater than the plating, so that a sizeable amount of
current still flows in the copper underneath. Not that it doesn't do
anything, but apart from keeping tarnish away, it doesn't do much, unless
it's very much thicker than you're likely to find in a commercial product.
It would be much different in a VHF amplifier.
73 and all the best:
Alex	4Z5KS

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From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Bill, W6WRT
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:38 AM
To: Ham_Amplifiers Reflector; RF Amps reflector; Amps reflector
Subject: [Amps] Silver plating

Does anyone here have any before and after comparisons of silver
plating HF tank coils? It seems most of the commercial amateur amp
makers do it but I have never seen any specific data. All comments
appreciated.

73, Bill W6WRT
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