Show place to get det wire to construct your loop the radio fan with limited means who desires a loop aerial li Is sometimes up against it because of the high price of such apparatus still as long as necessity Is the mother of t invention and as long as we have heaps the fan can at least rig up a cubitt tute for that which he desires expensive stranded or ribbon wire Is in desirable for use on a loop and if the experimenter will go to a garage he can get an old magneto field coll coil tor for little or nothing ori on this field Is wound about inches of copper ribbon wire one fourth inch wide in 10 toot foot lengths this kind of wire Is said to be far superior to ordinary wire for aerial purposes owing to the increased surface it gives to the tah flow of the radio frequency currents ribbon wire may also be used to shield panels connect up your set and short pieces may be used as connecting links link or battery connectors therefore a roll of it should prove a valuable addition on to the radio experimenters in hope chest |