David Gilbert wrote:
>I don't know this for sure, but I suspect that a reactive feedpoint represents
>an antenna that couples improperly to free space. We are able to adjust
>that condition by the use of matching networks of various sorts to
>override the antenna and put voltage and current (and therefore electric
>field and magnetic field) back into proper phase. Please consider this
>last paragraph as speculation on my part, and I'd appreciate someone
>correcting me if it is erroneous.
>
>Dave
>AB7E
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Upon further reflection (no pun intended), I think my speculation is off
base. The field radiated from an antenna is a function only of the
current through it, so it probably has no relationship to the reactance
of the feed to it. It sounded nice when I first thought ot it, though ...
Dave AB7E
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