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Re: [TowerTalk] A fundamental antenna question

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] A fundamental antenna question
From: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
Reply-to: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:04:25 -0400
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Good physics lesson, Jim.  I'd add that truly isotropic antennas are
physically impossible -- or at least unrealizable.  Not that it
matters much for practical purposes.

73 Martin AA6E
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On 6/27/05, Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net> wrote:


> Most antennas aren't isotropic, of course... But that's where you get into
> EIRP  Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power.. The EIRP is the power into an
> isotropic antenna that produces the same field as the actual power going
> into the actual (gain) antenna.
>
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