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Re: [TowerTalk] Was "43ft Vertical Feeding

To: David Jordan <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Was "43ft Vertical Feeding
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:45:55 -0800
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David Jordan wrote:
> The high voltage appears at the tip of the vertical, where the corona ball
> goes. I believe the feedpoint is the high current portion of the antenna
> where most of the radiation starts...
> 
only on a 1/4 wave antenna. Short antennas or Antennas close to a 
multiple of a half wavelength at the operating frequency can have very 
high voltages at the feedpoint.
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