[TowerTalk] Non-resonant guy lengths

[Frank Donovan]

Huh...
Since when is an ungrounded 1/4 wavelength wire "resonant" ?????
73
Frank
W3LPL
donovanf@sgate.com

On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Kris Mraz, N5KM wrote:

> Jonathan Starr wrote:
> Question:
> With an antenna like a 4 square you simply "float" the other three 
> verticals in order to get them out of the picture while you're tuning
> the 4th vertical. These three floating verticals are almost exactly
> resonant with the one you're interested in. Why is it these near
> field resonant structures don't matter in this case but are highly
> unwanted in the case of guy wires?
> 
> 73
> Kris N5KM 
> mailto:mraz@aud.alcatel.com


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com
Search:                   http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search