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[TowerTalk] Dielectrically lenghtening the boom

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Dielectrically lenghtening the boom
From: "David J. Sourdis - HK1A" <hk1kxa@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:56:47 -0500
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Maybe it has already been applied to the cellphone technology or elsewhere, or 
it is just not feasible because dielectric losses...

Dielectric material, lossy in some extent, sets a velocity factor (VF) for wave 
propagation in cables.

This makes the physical lenght of the line shorter than freespace size.

Take a Yagi, and fill the space between elements with a material which its 
dielectric constant is less than 1.0 (air's). 

Would the element spacing, hence the boom lenght, have to be adjusted by a 
shortening factor equal to the VF?





David  
HK1A
EC5KXA
ex-HK1KXA





                                          
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