[TowerTalk] QCoils Answered

john at kk9a.com john at kk9a.com
Sun Aug 3 21:18:42 EDT 2025


I found the nickel plating discussion to be very educational.  Towertalk is
an excellent resource!

John KK9A


Michael Tope W4EF wrote:

Why ask a direct question when you can spend hours perusing old 
technical papers for obscure information that isn't actually applicable 
- LOL.

Thanks for straightening us out!

73, Mike W4EF...............


On 8/3/2025 1:11 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> Wow ... it turns out that there has been a lot of misinformation 
> starting with the original post.  I just got an answer from the guy 
> who makes the QCoils, and he signed his email as N4SF, not N6SF like 
> the original post said.
>
> N4SF tells me that the wire he uses is called BUSS10 (for the 10 gauge 
> version) and it is made by (or at least distributed by) a company 
> called Wesbell Electronics LLC.  Wesbell's website says that the wire 
> is tin plated, not nickel plated like the QCoils website says.
>
> I guess that's why we call ourselves amateurs ...
>
> Dave  AB7E




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