Richard Clark wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
In words, with a 50 ohm source, set up an autotransformer to
deliver a signal to a 3600 ohm Z0 environment. Put the 75m Texas
Bugcatcher coil in series with a 3600 ohm non-inductive load.
Measure the phase shift through the coil at 4 MHz. I eyeballed
it at ~25 degrees on a dual-trace 100 MHz O'scope.

And what was it when you cut the coil in half?

I apologize, Richard, like W8JI, I am unwilling to cut my
75m Texas bugcatcher coil in half. But then, his coil didn't
cost $180 either. :-)

The experiment that you are suggesting is exactly the same
that I suggested to W8JI but he was unwilling to perform
such and I tend to understood why. :-)

As a data point, in the previous argument a couple of years
ago, W8JI tried to use the lumped inductance feature of EZNEC
to "prove" there is never any phase shift through any coil. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com