Reg Edwards wrote:

Cec, you took the bait.

So just exercise a teeny bit of your imagination.

Suppose you have a generator directly connected to a load resistance
without any line in between.

Let the generator and load terminals both be spaced apart by the same
distance as the conductors of the non-existent line.

The load carries a current along a length equal to the spacing between
its terminals.

The load, by virtue of its length, possesses radiation resistance.

And so radiation occurs with zero line length.

You've told us about radiation from the connections to the generator and
the termination.

Now tell us about radiation from the line.


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73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek