Re: Aluminium Wire (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:12:59 -0700
From: Dr.Hankenstein <Dr.Hankenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Aluminium Wire  (fwd)

Why would aluminum be considered "bad" for RF? 
My antennas work great...and they're made out of aluminum!
So does the top-load on my tesla coil...five foot cross section, 5kva input, 10 foot sparks....and it's aluminum! see: http://www.drspark.org/images/wwt6.jpg  
Perhaps working with unconventional materials and designs is what coiling is all about; what do you think?.

Woo


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> Date: 9/27/2007 7:52:22 PM
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> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:21:09 -0500
> From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: Aluminium Wire  (fwd)
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> Alum will work but limits your peak primary current.  Alum is not very good 
> at RF frequencies.  It is used for 60 Hz commercial power transmission lines 
> but not good above a few hundred Hz.
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> Been there, done that, and took measurements.  Alum was a loser for best 
> coil performance.
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> Dr. Resonance
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> > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:16:32 -0400
> > From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
> > To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: Aluminium Wire  (fwd)
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> > Radio Shack used to sell some heavy ~.125" Aluminum "ground" wire, for
> > grounding TV antennas.  Not sure if they still sell this.  But why use
> > Aluminum wire at all?  Copper is more common, solderable, and a better
> > conductor.  Al will work though.
> >
> > Gary Lau
> > MA, USA
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> >> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:47 AM
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> >> Subject: Aluminium Wire (fwd)
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> >> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:48:54 +0100
> >> From: Chris Swinson <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: Aluminium Wire
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> >> Hi all,
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> >> Does anyone know if you can buy Aluminium Wire ? Pondering doing some
> >> testing over copper vs Aluminium Wire with a very small coil, though
> > looks a
> >> pretty are kind of thing :-(
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> >> Chris
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