Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx> How close does a good simulation program like FANTC allow you to get? Would it be possible to do the "prototype" via simulation rather than winding a primary twice?
YES. I never do scrap wire testing before building my primaries. I do all my simulations using JAVATC (that I believe incorporates FANTC) and the predicted number of turns to get tuned is almost always within one turn of what I need (seems more accurate with larger toploads that I believe is because streamer loading is less significant).
Gerry R