Dear Gary, LF group, ...But there is another justification for making a high-Q loading coil, and that is power dissipation. If you are trying to run 1kW into a small antenna, it isn't hard to end up
Hi Gary, taken simply I would guess the answer is "NO". The loss in the coil is but a small portion of the total loss in the system. Several years ago Dave G3YXM, did an experiment with three old loa