The coil diameter uses the mean diameter of the copper coil.
A 1mm wire wound on a 14mm bobbin will have a mean diameter a bit over 15mm.
The bit over is the uncoiling that naturally occurs when one releases the tensioning force.
I use >=1.6mm diameter enameled copper wire and prefer to use 2.12mm wire wound onto an AA battery.
My mean diameter is roughly 16.9mm
9¾ Turns gives ~1uH
I love the idea that you have Pi to 50 digits. But. It is false precision in the wire length because the length depends on the Turns Per Inch as well. The true length of the line is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle formed from the true circumference and the turn spacing. It is an error larger than the diameter of an electron, but I think I can live with your formula! ;-))
I just came across this site. I ran some numbers when designing the shunt for my HiQ antenna and found yous to be more accurate than others. My SWR was good without but I wanted to get rid of some unwanted wind noise on digital modes in the especially in the 20 meter band. I used the center of the coil “(ID+OD)/2” which was 37.6mm x 32mm x 10.5 turns. The wire is #8 (3.2mm) dia. My first calculations were less but when I measured it I got 3.1 µH. Yours calculated 3.146. The other calculators I tried online were estimating from 2.2 to 2.8 µH. The wire was some common copper ground wire I picked up at a local hardware store.
in order to make an foldable antenna for 27.205mhz, can i use an wipe of 70 cm an coil (22turns) of 10mm diameter and 45mm long ? where can i make the connection between turns ?
LOVE YOUR CALULATOR……NOT SURE WHEN I NEED TO USE IT….I AM A HAM VIRGIN….BUT LEARNING…..
THANKS A BUNCH
LARRY
Re: Air Cored Inductor Calculator
Hi, Is the coil diameter measured outside, at the middle or inside of the coil ?
Rgds/ 73
Arto Salo
OH1ID
Hi.
I never use thick enough wire to worry, but I would use the inside diameter.
73, John.
The coil diameter uses the mean diameter of the copper coil.
A 1mm wire wound on a 14mm bobbin will have a mean diameter a bit over 15mm.
The bit over is the uncoiling that naturally occurs when one releases the tensioning force.
I use >=1.6mm diameter enameled copper wire and prefer to use 2.12mm wire wound onto an AA battery.
My mean diameter is roughly 16.9mm
9¾ Turns gives ~1uH
Is it possible to add a field for the copper wire diameter?
And use that to calculate the coil resistance in ohms?
Perhaps that would be better as a separate calculator.
What is the meaning of Coil Diameter and Coil length?
Diameter is how wide the coil is and length is how long the coil is.
hi tanx for you helping amateur radio in all of the world
i used of air core calculator.
best regards from Tehran-iran
amirhosein 73
A good approximate formula (accurate enough to 1%) is:
L = (n . d)(n . d)/l x 10^{-10) Henrys , where n is number of turns, d is diameter in mm, l is length in cms,
I love the idea that you have Pi to 50 digits. But. It is false precision in the wire length because the length depends on the Turns Per Inch as well. The true length of the line is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle formed from the true circumference and the turn spacing. It is an error larger than the diameter of an electron, but I think I can live with your formula! ;-))
Very good Bennett! 🙂
I just came across this site. I ran some numbers when designing the shunt for my HiQ antenna and found yous to be more accurate than others. My SWR was good without but I wanted to get rid of some unwanted wind noise on digital modes in the especially in the 20 meter band. I used the center of the coil “(ID+OD)/2” which was 37.6mm x 32mm x 10.5 turns. The wire is #8 (3.2mm) dia. My first calculations were less but when I measured it I got 3.1 µH. Yours calculated 3.146. The other calculators I tried online were estimating from 2.2 to 2.8 µH. The wire was some common copper ground wire I picked up at a local hardware store.
Good job on the calculator.
Robert N9NQ
in order to make an foldable antenna for 27.205mhz, can i use an wipe of 70 cm an coil (22turns) of 10mm diameter and 45mm long ? where can i make the connection between turns ?
It’s hard to tell what you are trying to do. I’ve used this with the loaded quarter wave with good results.
Cheers!