As my old college fields professor would always say, "Starting with Maxwell's
equations..."
> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:26:22 +0100
> From: steve@karinya.net
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Antenna measurements
>
> Stuart,
>
> Can you give us the exact Kraus quote, or a reference, to see the
> context in which he made it?
>
> My 3rd edition of Antennas says:
>
> "Although a charge moving with uniform velocity along a straight
> conductor does not radiate, a charge moving back and forth in simple
> harmonic motion along the conductor is subject to acceleration (and
> deceleration) and radiates."
>
> No talk there of discontinuities - they are not needed for radiation; a
> charge accelerating or decelerating at the centre of an infinitely long
> wire *will* radiate.
>
> 73,
> Steve G3TXQ
>
>
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