Sorry if this has been asked before, didn't come up with anything on the search.
I would like to build the lightning detector circuit shown here, Lightning Detectors, and I see that he recommends a high Q choke. What would a high Q number be? I was looking at this, MICC/N-102J-00 Fastron RF Inductors, and I didn't know if 60 was a high value or not.
Thank you. I just didn't want to spend $1.40 on a part when I could have spent $0.15 on an item and bought a few more. I know some electronics, took a few years in colleges of electronics classes but no electrical engineering. but not much about coils / chokes. Is there a good book to have (something like you would get in school and it would tell you about the different items?
The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill is a 1200 page book filled lots of good information explained in a real easy going way. The paper back version from eBay that's printed in India is pretty cheap. My only complaint is that the newer op-amps and uC's are not in it, but all of the basic stuff is all the same anyhow.