[Amps] CB amp directly coupled via cap to antenna

Bill, W6WRT dezrat1242 at yahoo.com
Sun Apr 11 10:22:37 PDT 2010


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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:44:09 EDT, TexasRF at aol.com wrote:

> 
>In the hypothetical case, the parallel circuit is infinite reactance  
>shunted by the antenna resistance. Q =  R/infinity is a Q of zero. If we  
>substituted a dummy load of R=antenna there would still be infinite tank  reactance 
>and a Q of zero.
> 
>In this hypothetical case, I stand by my suggestion that Q =   zero.

REPLY:

If a parallel resonant circuit has infinite reactance, how does any
energy get into it in the first place? Infinite reactance = zero
current flow. 

73, Bill W6WRT


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