[TowerTalk] Top hat on mobile usefull?

[Dudley Chapman]

Gary,
   Thanks for the clarification.  I forgot that when the energy becomes a
detached EM wave, that that magnetic and electric fields become "mutually
causal".  So given that, then, is a few more feet of effective height on 40m
as important as increasing radiation efficiency?  In other words, if one
could make a heavily top-loaded antenna at the expense of some height, would
it be worth the loss of a few feet?

Dudley - WA1X


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Schafer [mailto:garyschafer at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:22 PM
> To: chief at thechief.com
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Top hat on mobile usefull?
> 
> 
> A lot of people are under the impression that the higher the current in
> a particular part of the antenna the greater the radiation from that
> part. That is not the case...
>
> 73
> Gary  K4FMX
>