Q factor and effective AC series resistance

[paul-at-abelian.demon.co.uk (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

> "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net> wrote:
(in a different thread, some days ago)

> ...How would you estimate the effective R and the Q factor
> at the design stage? Then how would you test for these two
> parameters after the TC is built to determine how well you
> did with your estimate?

These are two seriously good questions which deserve a well
considered reply.  I'd like to defer my comments to a web page
which I'll put up in due course.

Regards,
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Paul Nicholson,
Manchester, UK.
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