Re: coherers

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

>>        Indeed, however Multi strand wire, even if not
>>        formally insulated, may act insulated...

> 	The wire I have here is all galvanized and measures a very low
> resistance between strands.

	hmmm.
	I suspect that the voltage from the meter is rather
	higher than that driving the potential eddy currents.

> Somewhere there's an old picture which may be hung with plain

> steel wire, and I'll dig that out and measure the "insulation".

> If I could find some wire that appeared suitable I'd make
> a model of the detector for experiments, and see if it would

> work.
	Or (While not volunteering to do so....): make

	the model and try several sorts of wire...


	best
	dwp

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