Inductance... was Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground

[Jim Lux]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer at comcast.net>
To: "Pat Barthelow" <aa6eg at hotmail.com>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <n6kj at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground


> It doesn't matter if conductors are round or flat. It is the surface
> area that counts for low inductance. Of course a flat conductor will
> have less copper for a given amount of surface area compared to a round
> conductor.
>

Shape does matter, though..It's not just surface area. The same amount of
copper as a flat bar will have a different inductance (I think less) than
the same thickness of copper rolled into a tube.

One can also go to extremes like Litz wire.