On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Jochen Feldhaar wrote:

> But I reckon this is a simple design, you should experiment a little with
> the size and diameter. Anyway, the other end will have to be connected to
> ground! Otherwise, the coil of such small dimensions would just be a
> capacitor of about 1 pF against the air, and not usable at all. I'm sorry I
> forgot to tell you this!

You mean of course, a wide-pitched 3 mm coil, yes ? i.e. the pitch is much
larger than the wire diameter (about 3 to 4 times larger if I'm not wrong)
? Do you tune the coil by compressing/pulling it or do you just let it be
?

thanks,

Peter