Owen Duffy wrote:
The key thing is that the transmission line solution passes to lumped
elements when the coil length is sufficiently short, so they are not
inconsistent. It is questionable whether the transmission line solution
is worth the trouble for short coils.

That's a Catch-22, Owen. All lumped coils are short.
Therefore, the transmission line solution is never
needed.

A 160m bugcatcher coil is *NOT* short!!!! It is an
appreciable percentage of the delay through the
10 foot long mobile antenna.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com