[TowerTalk] Traps

Brad Rehm bradrehm@texas.net
Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:26:34 -0500


> I had to build a LARGE shielded box to measure the traps in,
> because the traps are physically so large they couple to everything
> near the traps, including me!  If they couple to dissipative things,
> then the Q looks lower than it really is. I can watch the EPR
> (parallel resistance) at resonance sag when I get within a couple
> feet of the trap!

Wow!  If you were closer to us, we could put the traps in one of my
company's shielded rooms...or maybe a TEM cell.

Keep at it.  The results are interesting already.

Brad, KV5V



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