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Tom Donaly · May 9th 09, 10:06 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

wrote:
Tom,

I thought I'd quoted some numbers in the related "Dish reflector"
thread - apologies if I did not. Here are some mo

* I modelled a coil as a spiral in EZNEC (40T, diameter=6",
length=12", #14 copper wire)
* I added a 6ft "stinger" and found the frequency where the
combination was resonant: 3.79 MHz
* I checked the feedpoint impedance without the coil present: 0.46-
j2439
* That tells me the "lumped circuit equivalent" reactance of the coil
at 3.79 MHz is +j2439 ohms
* I found the frequency where the coil was resonant with no "stinger":
6.2 MHz

Now I look at what ON4AA's "Corum method" inductance calculator tells
me:

* "Lumped circuit equivalent" reactance at 3.79 MHz: +j2449
* Self-resonant frequency: 6.3 MHz

Unless I'm missing an option, if I want to predict the RF
characteristics of a "bugcatcher" it seems I have 3 choices:

* Use Wheeler's formula
* Build a helical model in EZNEC
* Use the Corum method

Wheeler's formula is inappropriate at frequencies close to a coil's
SRF.

EZNEC and the Corum method give very close results. The Corum formulas
are not difficult to use; even if they were, there is an on-line
calculator which removes the need for any maths. So it seems to me the
Corum formulas would be the more convenient tool to use, at least for
a "first look".

73,
Steve G3TXQ

Did you make such a coil and measure its self-resonant frequency? The
reason I ask is that I put the dimensions of an old coil I had
(D=155mm,length=140mm,wire diameter=1.3mm,N=27 turns) into ON4AA's
calculator and got a self resonant number of 7.4137 Mhz. When I measured
it, though, it was 8.93 Mhz. Where did I go wrong? Maybe I entered the
numbers incorrectly.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH