[Lowfer] UWL on

[Bill Ashlock]

That's not the only error in your ways, Eric :) A capacity as low as 5pf for a antenna wire as long as you have doesn't exactly meet the test for practicality. Maybe you need a portable SVM? :) 

Bill

> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:17:50 -0500
> From: esmithmail at gmail.com
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] UWL on
> 
> oh - and I noticed an error in the email I sent yesterday -- entire coil
> (end to end) reads 7.3 mH, not 6.3 mH.  And again, 6.9 mH from my tap point
> to the top.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Eric Smith <esmithmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > OK -- thanks, John and Paul.  I measured from the tap point on my coil to
> > the top with the antenna disconnected and cold end of the coil still
> > grounded and read 6.9 mH.  Plugging this into the formula with my frequency
> > of 185302 Hz yields 5 pF.  Unless I'm doing it wrong ...
> >
> > Eric KD5UWL / WD2XFX
> >
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