Bill Turner wrote:
The voltage at the ends of a half wave dipole can reach thousands of
volts even with relatively low power. Trees have been set on fire with
as low as 100 watts. Be careful!

A rule-of-thumb that I use is: For a resonant half-wave
dipole, the voltage at the ends is *about* 20 times the
feedpoint voltage, nothing to be sneezed at.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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