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Re: [TowerTalk] Do I need an insulator on the ends of my dipole?

To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Do I need an insulator on the ends of my dipole?
From: Dan Maguire <danac6la@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:30:42 -0700
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Jim, VE7RF, wrote:
>>> Does anybody know what the  EXACT  peak voltage is....on the ends of a half 
>>> wave dipole, say with  exactly 1000  watts cxr  applied  to the feedpoint 
>>> ???   Say a 80m dipole up  100  ft... flat swr, fed with coax +  CM choke.

A few years ago I did a little EZNEC study on that.  Details here (Reply #16):

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/touching-the-antenna-during-transmission.556342/page-2#post-4157410

Dan, AC6LA
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