Dick Rollema schrieb: To All from PA0SE Dear OM, Of my loading coil about 1/5 is shortcircuited. Leaving it open makes no difference in aerial current. There could be some difference in coil losses o
To All from PA0SE Dear OM, Of my loading coil about 1/5 is shortcircuited. Leaving it open makes no difference in aerial current. There could be some difference in coil losses of course but the effec
Hello Larry, I can confirm that shorting turns does lower the Q (= increase losses). The effect is miminal when only a few turns are shorted, but when I measured my loading coil on a commercial imped
Claudio wrote..... P.S.: shorting turns to adjust the inductance of a coil should not be harmful, When I was bringing up the Decca here last winter and trying to get power into the antenna I found th
