At 05:22 PM 4/7/1999 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>You are right. Virtually ALL charts ignore capacitance across the
>strain insulators, and the self-capacitance of the loop ends.
>
>Because of that, most non-resonant lengths listed are somewhat
>incorrect.
Do you have a corrected set to offer, Tom? I recall in a recent posting
you said you were continuing to use steel and strain insulators in
preference to fibreglass or Phillystran. I'm sure you have thought through
(and probably measured) what the lengths should be.
73, Pete N4ZR
Loud is good
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