On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:04:36 -0700, John Larkin
posted this:

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:46:59 GMT, James Meyer
wrote:

IOW, the Q without the probe will be higher than the Q when you insert
the probe to measure the Q.

Jim


Of course, you can account for the probe loss when you do the math. Or
leave the probe disconnected during a ringdown, and add it after some
delay to see how much energy is left in the system.

John

If you have to "do the math", you might as well just calculate the Q
from first principles and forget the "measurement".

Jim