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Re: [TowerTalk] Feedline (choke) question

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Feedline (choke) question
From: Brian Beezley <k6sti@att.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:51:34 -0700
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"If you connect a wire from any point on the dipole to ground, current will flow."

That corrects the typo. I wanted to add that one way to visualize things is to employ the image-current model that antenna analysis programs use. All wires above ground have an image below ground. The current in the image of a horizontal wire is out of phase with that in the wire above ground while current for a vertical wire is in phase. When you connect a wire to ground, you're connecting it to its image.

Brian

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