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Re: mini coil

Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Furthermore, while some PVC might be slightly RF absorbing (or, more
properly, it might absorb enough water to be absorbing) at a few GHz, I
doubt it would be significant at a few hundred kHz.

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: mini coil


> Original poster: "Daniel McCauley" <dhmccauley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Considering that the Q of the primary circuit is many magnitudes lower
than
> the secondary Q, the type or thickness of PVC will not make much
> difference at all.
>
> I'd like to know how you quantify your experience, performance vs. various
> wall thickness type PVC.
>
> Dan
>
>
>  > Claude,
>  >
>  > My experience has been that all types of pvc will absorb some RF
>  > energy so a thinner wall tubing of the same diameter will increase
>  > your performance.
>  >
>  > Phil
>  > TCBFW
>  >
>  >
>  > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:04:29 -0700, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>  >  > Original poster: "claudio masetto" <claudmas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >  >
>  >  > I am thinking of making a mini coil with a secondary of 2.375" x 12"
> pvc
>  >  > pipe. It has a fairly thick wall of about 3/16". Would it make much
of
> a
>  >  > difference in performance if I use a thinner wall pvc pipe.
>  >  >
>  >  > Thanks
>  >  > Claude.
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