Topband: FEEDING AN END-FED LONGWIRE

[Sinisa Hristov]

Donald Chester wrote:

> If you are talking about the "end-fed zepp" the unterminated feeder,
> sometimes called the "dead" feeder somewhat balances out the "live" feeder
> that connects to the end of the antenna.  While the balance is not perfect
> and cancellation is not complete, the feedline radiation is significantly
> less than with a simple one-wire vertical feeder (which would qualify the
> antenna as an "inverted-L").


Well, the radiation may or may not be as described,
but one thing is for sure:  common mode feeder current
is exactly equal to the current feeding the "antenna".
That's physics.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN