On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:54:19 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

Paul, in approaching the problem from your viewpoint havn't you set yourself
the task of winding an inductor to have a particular value of Q ?

If you intend to use a solenoid then Q can be increased only by increasing
its physical size without changing its proportions too much.

Utimately you will need to know what is the Q of a particular size coil,
number of turns, wire gauge, etc. It will be reduced by its proximity to
other components and circuit board by some indeterminate amount. I think
you should stop and check whether you have room for the coil in the
equipment space available. ;o)

Program SOLNOID2 may be of assistance in this onerous task.

Download in a few seconds from website below and run immediately.

Reg, SOLNOID2 has been withdrawn from your site IIRC. I *had* been
using it to great effect, but you presumably made some improvements,
implemented them, and renamed it SOLNOID3 which is what I now use.
Great program!
I'm still none the wiser as to whether it's better to have big-L ||
small C or vice versa, though. :-/
BTW, Reg - can you write a program to work out how I'm going to afford
my Council Tax this year? Thanks! :-)
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