How can a shunt fed tower be an antenna when it's connected to RF
ground? How about the elements of a "plumber's delight" Yagi? Or a
folded monopole?

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

donut wrote:
Loopfan wrote in
rthlink.net:


Unless I misunderstand how ferrite-chokes work, this does seem to
physically point out that the shield is the actual antenna.



How can the shield be the antenna when it's connected to RF ground?