loading coil

American

noun

Electricity.

an inductance coil used to improve the characteristics of a transmission line.

loading coil British

noun

an inductance coil inserted at regular intervals and in series with the conductors of a transmission line in order to improve its characteristics

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Etymology

Origin of loading coil

First recorded in 1900–05

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When we do we get these mil-henries of inductance from a coil which we call a “loading coil.”

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That’s why your friends add a loading coil when they 121want to tune for the long wave-length stations, that is, those with a low frequency.

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Usually, therefore, one connects into his antenna circuit both a condenser and a loading coil.

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For quite a range of wave-lengths we may use the same loading coil and tune the antenna circuit entirely by this series condenser.

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For some other range of wave-lengths we shall then need a different loading coil.

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