> If you run into this limitation, you can parallel several
> lengths of coax, in fact it would be a better idea than coiling
> it up too tightly in a coil, figure "8" or flattened "O".
True enough. That's a good suggestion!
If you parallel enough cables it starts to look like a regular
capacitor...and behave like one. Loss decreases and capacitance
is less frequency critical.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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