Gary Schafer wrote:
> Hi Rick,
>
> I don't think that I have used the method that you describe. What happens
> when the cable length approaches a quarter wave length? Or is this only
> valid at a small fraction of a wave length?
>
> 73
> Gary K4FMX
>
After posting this, I realized that to make it work you have to add
a series capacitor to the 10 foot piece of coax to make it resonant;
IOW an electrical quarter wave. If the coax is quarter wave resonant
without the capacitor, you can still use the same technique.
Rick N6RK
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