[RFI] just what everyone needs!

[Dale Svetanoff]

Lee,

With all due respect, I have to disagree about not upsetting an antenna
pattern.  Look at it this way:  If the wire were run without a shielded
over braid, then the absorptive material over the copper conductors would,
at microwave (radar) frequencies also absorb RF in that frequency range,
possibly creating a partial null where none was intended.  If a shield over
braid is used, then the shield can cause reflections of the array's RF
signal, resulting in either nulls or peaks, depending upon orientation with
respect to the antenna and distance form it.

73, Dale
WA9ENA


> [Original Message]
> From: Lee K7TJR <k7tjr at msn.com>
> To: <RFI at contesting.com>
> Date: 9/10/2012 2:28:07
> Subject: [RFI] just what everyone needs!
>
>   Sounds to me like this wire would not have a Radar
>  reflection inside a fiberglass wing of an aircraft.
> Hmmm Stealth wire. 
> Also sounds like a good wire to run relays and such
>  inside or near a precision phased array that would
>  not upset an antenna pattern. Hmmm very
> interesting?
> Lee  K7TJR  OR
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