Quite some time ago, I had a GK500c and it had a ceramic coil form. I heard the C model went with the ceramic forms, but maybe the early ones used up the old forms?
I think I remember reading an add for the 500c where they said the forms were ceramic... Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tommye & > Jim Wilhite > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:29 PM > To: AM Radio Discussion List; WRL Mailing list > Subject: [AMRadio] Globe King tank coils > > > A couple of weeks ago I saw an ad for a part of the tank coil > for a Globe > King 500. The thing that caught my eye was that it was wound > on a ceramic > form. > > I have a GK 500A and have had a C model, but neither had a > ceramic form. > This peaked my interest and I bought it from the guy who had > placed the ad > on a bulletin board. It arrived today and is for a GK 500 and I am > wondering if anyone else has ever seen a GK 500 tank coil on > a ceramic form? > > This is wound with the same wire and has the taps for 15, 20 > and 40 meters > like the one in my 500A. I am wondering when Leo switched > from the fiber > form to ceramic and if the 80 and 160 meter portions were on > ceramic as > well? Wonder how many 500s were built with ceramic forms? > > 73 Jim > de W5JO > > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
