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Old 12th Sep 2019, 9:15 am   #23
kalee20
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Default Re: Winding own oscillator coil on a ferrite former

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Originally Posted by regenfreak View Post
I read somewhere in Terman saying that the wave windings add about 10% inductance.
He might have written that, but 10% relative to what? 10% more than a coil wound with the same wire and turns but wound compactly? or 10% more than a coil of the same number of turns, same finished dimensions (but close wound) which could be achieved by upping the wire diameter? (This latter I would find hard to believe!)
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