Tdonaly wrote:
Cecil should read before he thinks.

Tom, why do you require 6 decimal point precision out
of a ballpark rule-of-thumb estimate? The maximum reactance
point of a thin-wire dipole is in the neighborhood of the maximum
reactance point of the SWR circle as proved by the graphs in the
ARRL Antenna Book CD. The maximum reactance is approximately equal
to 1/2 the maximum resistance. The resistance at the maximum reactance
point is approximately equal to 1/2 the maximum resistance. If someone
carries those ballpark concepts around in his head, he will be
reasonably close to reality. It's all cut-and-try after that.

Exactly what agenda forces you to sacrifice your reputation trying to
find some unusual esoteric exception to my statements? (Never mind,
I already know the answer.)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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