Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25347 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2001 05:43:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 24 Nov 2001 05:43:05 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 3192 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2001 05:43:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 24 Nov 2001 05:43:11 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 167VWZ-0001uV-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 05:38:47 +0000 Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.17] helo=mailout02.sul.t-online.de) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 167VWY-0001uQ-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 05:38:46 +0000 Received: from fwd04.sul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.de with smtp id 167VVd-0000Gt-00; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:37:49 +0100 Received: from 217.2.66.17 (087321565-0001@[217.2.66.17]) by fwd04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 167VVO-157aAEC; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:37:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: LF: RE: Measuring Q From: "Hans-Joachim Brandt" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Mailer: T-Online eMail 4.009 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 24 Nov 2001 05:35 GMT Message-ID: <167VVO-157aAEC@fwd04.sul.t-online.com> X-Sender: 087321565-0001@t-dialin.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Dear Dexter, your question has not yet been answered here: No, the complete antenna system is also damped by the ground loss resistance which usually is much higher than the coil series loss resistance itself, therefore bandwidth of the complete antenna system will be much larger. 73 Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB "Dexter McIntyre W4DEX" schrieb: >Can the -3db bandwidth measurement of the complete antenna system be >used to determine the Q of the coil? > >Dexter