Re: Resonant Frequency

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Original poster: "Paul Nicholson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <paul-at-abelian.demon.co.uk>

Dave Thomson wrote:
> Does this suggest a cone might resonate exactly at quarter wave?

A cracking good hypothesis.  We see helicals going one way, and
if flats turn out to be going the other way, then there must
surely be an intermediate shape in which the effect of winding
on the inductive coupling just cancels the effect of increasing
capacitance.
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Paul Nicholson
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