Re: ultimate secondary material

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Original poster: tesla <tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz> 

Hi Mark
A perspecitve, thin wall PVC is a very popular choice, cheap and works very
well. No doubt better plastics could be used. The cost vs coil improvment
factor for a $ spent on a better secondary material vs money spent on the
Gap or Capacitors is where I would put my money

Rgds
Ted L in NZ
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Subject: ultimate secondary material


 > Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
 >
 > What's the best material for  TC secondary other than hard vacuum? PE is
 > too soft to work with unless it's solid rod (heavy and probably just as
 > lossy as pvc overall because of the sheer mass involved). What about UHMW
 > PE? Is this stuff hard enough? Acrylic tube comes to mind but don't know
if
 > that's better RF wise given the same mass.
 >
 >
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