John Smith wrote:
Why not:

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A "flattened" coil, first time I see one used is Vincents' DLM, anyone?

Regards,
JS

P.S. Excuse the bad ascii graphics ...

Hmm...

Obviously, I have missed something in my "education."

In a front end tuner, sometimes, hi-Q is MOST desirable ...

In my antennas, a Q of 20 to 50 is ok, heck 100 is ok ... I don't see
the point above that ...

Regards,
JS