[TenTec] Resonance and more

[Chester Alderman]

At 04:02 PM 9/23/97 -0400, you wrote:

>On 9/23/97 3:05 PM, rohre at rohre@arlut.utexas.edu wrote:

>

>>The basic definition of resonance is a condition of the inductive terms

>>canceling the capacitive terms.  This applies to antennas, or tuned circuits

>>of lumped components as well.

>

>Sounds good to me.

>

>>A half wave dipole satisfies this definition at A single frequency.

>>A shortened dipole or any other short antenna cannot be Resonant unless it 

>>has added inductive or capacitive elements attached to bring it into 

>resonance.

>

>OK. Now, what if you took those elements and squeezed them back through 

>the transmission line until you got to a box just before the transmitter. 

>Voila! An antenna tuner! And it produces a resonant antenna system.

>

>Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@radio.org

>Quote: "Not in a thousand years will man ever fly!"

>            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

>

>

No wonder...all this time we have been calling these things 'tuners' and now we know we should have been calling them 'Viola's'...I'll never have enough time to stop laughing.




Chester Alderman

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