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Old April 17th 04, 08:11 PM
James Meyer
 
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On 17 Apr 2004 10:09:22 -0700, (Tom Bruhns) posted this:

Robert Baer wrote in message ...
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Yes, but the emphasis was on small size, and a helical resonator
allows a goodly shrinkage of volume wihout a corresponding loss large of
Q.


As compared with what? A given coil in a helical resonator will
result in lower Qu than that same coil unshielded and simply resonated
with a good capacitor.


Not so. And others have pointed that out. If you take an unshielded
coil to it's ultimate configuration you are confronted with a resonant antenna
that is loaded by its radiation resistance and that results in a *lower* Q than
a properly shielded resonator.

Jim