>In an idealized parallel R-L network (no other sources of losses, no
>stray inductances or capacitances) Rp would always be identical to the
>resistor value, at all frequencies.
>
>In practice it is not. Losses in the L tend to make Rp lower. Stray
>inductance in series with the paralleled network tends to make the
>measured value of Rp larger (as I showed over the weekend, even a
>fraction of an inch of lead wire can have a major effect).
I think this has been what Rich has been trying to say all along. Lower
Rp means lower VHF gain. Rich's supressor inductors are lossy and so as
you say: losses in the L tend to make Rp lower.
Works for me...
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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