Here's my question: the large inductor is much higher Q on 160 than the
small inductor (large inductor is about 4.5" diameter, small one about 2"
diameter). Would it be better to have the large inductor connected to the
antenna and the small one to the feed (the two inductors would still be in
series), or the other way around? My original thinking was that it
wouldn't really matter since they're in series, and due to the tap
selection arrangement the same distributed capacitance is in the circuit
regardless. Can anyone think of a reason why the arrangement of which
inductor was in which position would make any practical difference in this
system that I may have missed?
It really depends on the parts.
We always want the highest impedance part of the system to have the least
unnecessary stuff hanging from it, and to have the highest voltage rating
for contacts and arc paths.
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