[TenTec] Re: End Fed Antennas [Was: Capture area]

[Sinisa Hristov]

edoc wrote:

> I direct-fed a longwire from an older tube rig and experienced the
> RF nibbling at my lips ... but the solution was readily found.
 
> 1.  A good chassis ground.


  = good RF fed into soil :-)


> Toroids, etc. may be a more elegant solution but I wonder about
> potential efficiency as I am guessing energy is lost on transmit
> via heat in the toroid.


The loss is normally ~0.05 dB (read: immeasurable :-)
Precondition for this is a resonant antenna, ensuring
low voltage at the feedpoint.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN