[Amps] plate choke

[Jim Forsyth]

This mini thread is about a case where the resistance of the inductor WAS 
significant and possibly DID affect the resonant frequency appreciably.

Jim, AF6O

> At the risk of sticking my foot in my mouth again, R generally
> doesn't effect the resonant frequency of an RLC circuit appreciably
> provided that the Q is reasonably high. On the other hand, a plate
> choke when you look at it very closely is really a distributed RLC
> circuit, so one has to be careful about applying simplified 3 component
> lumped element models. I'd love to see a rigorous analytical treatment
> of this if anyone knows of a good reference.
>
> 73 de Mike, W4EF........................................