John Popelish wrote:
Thanks much. This helps me to visualize your method in a much more
complete way. I think a photo of the test apparatus would make a fine
addition to your web page documenting this result. I am especially
interested on how all this stuff was arrayed in space during the test.

John, would you agree or disagree with me that for
a well-designed coil, the delay through the coil is
fixed by the laws of physics as 1/4WL on the self-
resonant frequency?

If the self-resonant frequency of a well-designed coil
is measured at 16 MHz, then the delay through the coil
is 90 degrees at 16 MHz and therefore equal to 15.625 nS.

Using the self-resonant frequency to determine the
delay is an easy and accurate way to measure that
delay.

If the delay through the coil, measured at 1/4 the
self-resonant frequency, is appreciably different
from the 15.6 nS measured at 16m, then the measurement
contains an error.

Agree/disagree?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp