Thread: Rule of Thumb for coax chokes
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Old August 13th 06, 02:28 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default Rule of Thumb for coax chokes
Reg Edwards wrote:
A coil 6.6" long, 6" diameter, 26.5 turns, has L = 68 uH, Q = 500 at
3.8 MHz, and self-resonant frequency = 9 MHz.

Wouldn't mounting the coil four inches above a GMC pickup
ground plane reduce the Q and the self-resonant frequency?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp
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