"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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For anyone interested in what an 18 nano-H inductor looks like under a
magnifying glass -

3 turns of 0.33 mm diameter wire, wound on a 2.2 mm diameter former, over
a
length of 2.0 mm.

Its self-resonant frequency is 4.6 GHz and it is tuned to 1 GHz with a
capacitor of 1.3 pF. Q = 330 at 1 GHz.
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Reg



Thanks Reg,

I could not run the program solnoid3 on my computer for some reason. I am
using winblows xp.

I did improve the performance of my receiver tho. I checked the graph on
page 10.10 of the handbook and rigged up a straight piece of 20 ga wire for
my inductor. I don't know what the inductance actually is, but it improved
the performance greatly, which is all I was trying to do.

Best Regards,

Joe
KB1KVI