At 07:16 AM 3/28/2006, John Foust wrote:
You learn something new every day. I remember that
wire as being
used in some crystal set-ish earphones I had as a kid, and I never
knew the name to describe it.
Hmm, after examining
litz-wire.com, I'm not so sure any more.
What I remember is that the conductive part of the wire was
a thin ribbon and wound around a silky core like a tight candy cane,
and there were several strands of this inside the plastic sheath.
- John