Electrical Mystery

[Bealman]

Good on ya, Malc! You're the stuff of legends, mate. 

George

[Malc]

It's an easy mistake to make George. We used rolls of this stuff to make coils for specialist short wave radio receivers when I worked for the a World Service, otherwise you don't often come across it. When I moved into TV, we made equalisers using tinned copper wire for links. It was a good trick to swap a reel for one of steel wire and watch someone burn their fingers trying to heat it up enough to solder.

[Bealman]

Thanks, Malc. That is so interesting to bloke that as a teenager used to delve under valve radio chassis! Often to his misfortune... amazing I'm still here! 

Steel wire.. that'll do it! 

George