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Re: [TowerTalk] what size wire for kilowatt TX ??

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] what size wire for kilowatt TX ??
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:52:03 +0000
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Martin,

I'm happy we can agree, and draw a line under this.

I only joined the discussion to challenge your original statement that:

"This all assumes you're talking about a full size dipole. If your 
antenna is more like a short whip, the current in the wire is much less, 
since it is a high impedance antenna."

which seemed to me misleading.

73,
Steve G3TXQ

Martin Ewing wrote:
> These are similar to your numbers,
> except for including some typical circuit losses.  So, I guess we don't
> disagree - Yes, you need current to radiate, but you need *lots* of voltage
> to produce that current.
>
> 73 Martin AA6E
>   

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