When the generator is connected, the wire is no longer floating.
It is a self resonant half wave at twice the 1/4 wavelength frequency
when disconnected from the feed system.
de Tom N4KG
On Wed, 08 Oct 1997 22:22:44 -0700 Ed Sleight <k4sb@worldnet.att.net>
writes:
>Well, not to quibble too much about the definition of "resonance", a
>wire is resonant when it presents a purely resistive load with 0
>reactance to a signal generator.
>
>An ungrounded 1/4 wave long wire meets that definition completely, and
>should show about 37 ohms impedence. This varies with soil and radial
>composition, ect.
>
>73
>
>Ed
>
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