[Amps] FW: RF Chokes

[R L Measures]

On Jul 18, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Phil Clements wrote:

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> Subject: RE: [Amps] RF Chokes
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> I think they also don't believe that winding gaps can be
> used to position series resonances.

I did an experiment by winding two single-layer HV-RFCs with similar  
L, but one with gaps and the other without.  There was minimal  
difference in the measured self-resonances.
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> This miss-information has been promulgated in the ARRL Handbook and  
> other
> sources.

Correct.
The theory sound great, but the results aren't.   cheers, Phil
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> (((73)))
> Phil Clements, K5PC

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