Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-da05.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 2E16538000086; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:46:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1RDyB5-0002jw-Th for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:44:55 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1RDyB4-0002jn-Km for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:44:54 +0100 Received: from fish2.hurontel.on.ca ([216.46.129.163]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RDyB2-0006VX-An for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:44:54 +0100 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1318423482-04290cff0001-a32kfu Received: from [192.168.1.102] (pppoe.dyn-216.46.157.117.hurontel.on.ca [216.46.157.117]) by fish2.hurontel.on.ca with ESMTP id tGlTgA9jpBuf656i for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:44:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: weazle@hurontel.on.ca X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 216.46.157.117 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Ballpark L & C values for tuner From: John Bruce McCreath X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: <1717990DBBAA415989FB6320953D8754@acer> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:44:54 -0400 Message-Id: References: <1717990DBBAA415989FB6320953D8754@acer> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Barracuda-Connect: pppoe.dyn-216.46.157.117.hurontel.on.ca[216.46.157.117] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1318423482 X-Barracuda-URL: http://fish.hurontel.on.ca:8000/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at hurontel.on.ca X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.2.77117 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: LF: Ballpark L & C values for tuner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:389186592:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d404d4e958c0c0344 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Hi LFers, I stumbled upon an interesting tidbit of info yesterday which I'd not = seen before. Regarding ballpark figures for the L and C values required for an AMU, = the following was suggested: For C - 1.0 pF. for every metre of wavelength For L - 0.25 uH. for every metre of wavelength Has anyone here seen this before and/or could you confirm it? 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" 188.830 kHz. QRSS30 EN93dr