Can any of you guys say the conclusion in plain English. I am new
at this and still learning electrical theory. So... good idea or not?
feasible or not? Call the fire dept or not?
I am studying for the next exam, but this is all new to a guy who
spent his career in a whole different profession.
Sorry... but I am still learning.
============= Anon - K8JHR =============
Martin Ewing wrote:
> I'm not buying that! Current flow depends on impedance, R+jX, not radiation
> resistance. Your short whip runs at high voltage and low current. There is
> lots of current in the matching network, but little gets into the antenna
> wire. Another way to see it is that the "boundary condition" on current
> flow is that it must be zero at the end of the wire (unless there are sparks
> flying!). Transforming back a fraction of a wavelength to the feed point,
> you're still mostly voltage and little current.
>
> A small loop antenna is the complement, mostly current and little voltage.
>
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