A discussion of a laboratory experiment involving a parallel LC circuit containing a real inductor(RL ≢ 0)is presented. By choosing component values to be confined to certain ranges, equations are presented for the (1) ratio of the output to input voltages, (2) Q of the circuit, and (3) phase of the output signal relative to the input. It is found that the phase goes to zero as the frequency decreases when a real inductor is used, rather than toπ/2as is the case for an ideal inductor(RL = 0).Experimental results are presented.