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Re: [TenTec] Antenna measurements

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Antenna measurements
From: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:05:23 +0000 (UTC)
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>A simple "test question" for me would be: "does an infinitely long 
>straight wire (no discontinuities), which carries an 
>accelerating/decelerating charge, radiate or not?

Yes. Maxwell's equations say nothing about how long the conductor is. If there 
is charge acceleration, which there is if there is an AC current, then there is 
radiation.
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