The impedance of a circuit including an HTSC film as a function of tem
perature and frequency has been measured, and the presence of an intri
nsic reactance in the HTSC films has been shown. The equivalent scheme
of the measuring circuit has been synthesized, and the temperature de
pendence, type, and value of the HTSC-film reactance has been determin
ed in the transition region near T(c). It is shown that the change of
reactance sign with temperature observed earlier by a number of resear
chers and attributed to the intrinsic property of HTSC-film reactance
was rather the result of the T-independent parasite reactive elements
while the film impedance was becoming small.