Re: what size wire?

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Original poster: "Dale Nassar by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dnassar-at-i-55-dot-com>

The current increases toward the bottom--use your heavier wire there.
--dale nassar


At 06:29 PM 5/15/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Bob Thaden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><robert.thaden-at-amd-dot-com>
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>I'm building a coil 12.5" x 60".  Can anyone suggest the wire size I
>should use.  I was planning on using my 10# spool of 18g but I see that's
>not even half enough wire.  Has anyone used a mix of two diff sizes of
>magnet wire - if so, does the thicker wire go at the bottom, and how
>do you calc reson. freq?
>thanks
>bobt in Austin