> W8JI is correct in that the current into a perfect inductor must equal the > current out of it.
Perfectly true. > It's a piece of coiled wire so where else can the current go? Wait a minute, a piece of coiled wire is not a perfect inductor! It's a completely different beast: the perfect inductor has zero length, but a piece of coiled wire almost always has a substantial length (the wire length, not the coil length), which causes all kinds of transmission-line effects, including differing currents at coil ends. > Tom's assumption here is a 'perfect' inductor with no distributed capacitance. True, the 'perfect' inductor has no distributed capacitance, but, again, perfect inductors are not what we have on our antennas. 73, Sinisa YT1NT, VE3EA _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
