[RFI] Air Gig?
Alex
alex at kr1st.com
Thu Sep 22 08:16:09 EDT 2016
Is what you are referring to what they call the "plastic antenna" in the
article linked in the OP?
Is this the antenna:
http://tinyurl.com/jcc24dd
(From http://tinyurl.com/hoequ7l)
73,
--Alex KR1ST
On 2016-09-22 07:58, JW via RFI wrote:
> Ah. The well-known (among some of us) G-Line or Goubau line
> single-wire transmission line.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goubau_line
>
> The secret is a thin layer of dielectric on the surface of a conductor
> (yielding a slower-than-light propagation velocity CLOSE to the wire)
> and the RF energy is then 'loaded' onto the wire via "launchers" (coax
> to horn transitions basically) on each end.
> Think groundwave propagation close to the earth on the lower frequency
> bands.
> Something old is "new all over again."
> Jim WB5WPA
>
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