Amen and Ditto! For those interested and willing to immerse in the "war" about the Current Distribution in Antenna Loading Coils, significance on the efficiency of antennas, problems with understandi
Hi, My recommendation wasn't regarding linear loaded elements. It was a drooping element design. Half wave dipole elements, from the center insulator outward the element is 1/8 wave horizontal and 1/
K3BU@aol.com wrote: The importance of this phenomena is that efficiency of loaded or shortened antennas is roughly proportional to the area under the current distribution curve along the element. Loa
-Bob ah7i<< In examples and comparisons we would feed the same power, at the base of the quarter wave antenna, loaded or otherwise we will get the same current. What happens to it along its "travels"
At 12:50 PM 11/5/2003 -0500, K3BU@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 11/5/03 12:45:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, tongaloa@alltel.net writes: <<Interesting charts, but in the real world wouldn't one be
pattern. An idealized dipole (or a monopole over ideal ground) with the classical cosine current distribution has 2.15 dBi of gain, presumably squirted in a desirable direction. Make the current unif
There isn't (or should not be) much disagreement about the current in a coil. Quite simply, unless there is a significant loss - either I^2R or radiation - the current into and out of a coil must be
in a coil. Quite simply, unless there is a significant loss - either I^2R or radiation - the current into and out of a coil must be the same. After all, a coil is a passive device and can neither cre
Joe- I agree, so long as you are covering DC current, but our subject is AC. In your statement about creating or destroying energy, the third condition of storing energy seems to be neglected. The cr