you'll end up with a coil that just fits on the core but no

wire left over to connect to your circuit After the original

publication, K3TKS pointed out to me that these values are
only good for single layer coils. They don't apply if you do
multiple layers (which we don't normally do in QRP
building) or if you wind bXllar, hifilar. etc: in those cases
you're on your own, but the chart gives a gwd starting
point.
SRE INCHES SIZE INCHES
PER TURN PER TURN
(Include a few extra Inches for leads)
FT23 . 26 T37 . 49
FT37 . 5 T44 . 61
FTSO . 68 T50 . 67
FTSOA . 79 T68 . 8
FT5OB 1.37 T80 . 92
FT82 . 93 T94 1.16
FT87A 1.53 TI06 1.57
FT114 1.13 TI30 1.6
FT114A 1.7 TI57 2.02
FT140 1.73 TI84 2.66
FTl5O 1.44 T200 2.13
FTlSOA 2. 01 T200A 3.16
FT193 2.22 T225 2.24
FT193A 2. 51 T225A 3.28
FT240 2. 3 T300 2.39
TI2 . 19 T300A 3.54
T16 . 23 T400 3.51
T20 . 29 T400A 4. 31
T25 . 37 T500 4.28
T30 .47
23 1.80 2.28 2.12 2.75 3.02
24 1.96 2.48 230 3.00 zm 338
25 2.13 269 2.50 3.25 3.06 3 s
26 230 291 2.70 3.52 3331 3.85
27 2.48 3.14 2.92 3.79 357 416
28 2.67 337 3.14 408 384 447
39 2.86 3.62 336 437 4.12 479
30 3.06 3.87 3.60 468 441 513
31 317 4.0 384 5.00 471 5.m
32 3.48 440 4.10 533 5.02 5.M
33 3.70 46(1 456 566 s.34 6.~1
I hope these charts make life simpler for some of you 34 3.93 497 462 6.01 S66 659
homebrewers out there; it certainly helps speed things up for
35 4.1 527 4.90 637 6.00 6.98
me, and makes comparing circuits and building much more
enpyable.
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Some Good Antennas for Automatic Tuners ...
[conrinved pornpage 81
1:l. Think of an MF-HF groundplane as being like a car
For aesthetics, I have used thii insulated wire of a color
body to a VHF mobile antenna. You wouldn't operate a
that matches the roof material. I staple or attach the wire to
VHF whip without a groundplane would you? Radials can
the roof material rather than suspending it where it can be tie on the ground or can be a few inches below ground. If
seen. I do not use insulators on the ends of the wires and buried deeply, you will get blisters and more loss in the
this works fme at 100 watts. antenna system for your work.
Roof or ground mounting? Thae's not much debate, un- A modem trap vertical coven 80.40, 30, 20, 17, 15,
less circumstances force you to ground mount the vertical. 12 and 10 meters. 1/8 wavelength on the lowest frequency
With the antenna close to ground. there will be more RF (80M) is around 33 feet Many roofs can accommodate 10 to
lost heating the earthworms. A good groundplane of lots of 20 radials of this length, even if the radials must be
radials will be needed. This might require more radials than
zigagged or folded a little.
if the antenna were mounted on the rwf. Some hams mix With groundplane radials, quantity is more important
up radials and RF grounds with electrical or lightning than resonance. I hope this info helps anyone considering a
grounds. That big ground rod is great for safety, but is a map or other vertical antenna and provides more mounting
lousy groundplane for MF and HF, even if your SWR reads options than given in the insbuctions.
The QRP QuarterIy October 1992