Hopefully my recent posting on the "Antenna reception theory" thread
will clarify things a bit.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Reg Edwards wrote:

Frank,

The situation changes by the hour so I suggest you don't spend a great
deal of time trying to sort things out. Either the program is in error
or you have entered incorrect data. Or (see below) both you and I have
the correct answer in the first place.

From the situation at present we have :-

It seems the numerous Bibles written by learned professors don't agree
on the subject.

Computer programs, whose results are falsely taken as being gospel
truths, don't agree on the subject.

The 'experts' who contribute to this newsgroup can't agree on the
subject. But, from the frequency of arguments which result. this is
perfectly normal.

I remain as an innocent, neutral bystander, in danger of being
unjustly accused of being a troll, whereas -

All I need is an answer to my simple but essentially fundamental and
practical question -

"What is the voltage measured between the bottom end of a 1 metre high
vertical antenna and ground, when the field strength is 1 volt per
metre?"

It goes without saying, a perfect ground is assumed, the antenna
height is less than 1/4-wavelength and the radio wave is vertically
polarised.

Is the measured voltage 1 volt or is it 0.5 volts?

There's a simple factor of 2 involved somewhere. Should I take a
statistical average of the replies if there are any?

What happens on an isolated dipole is irrevalant. It is just a
time-wasting diversion.

I don't have access to the 'learned Bibles' or to computer programs
(except my own). So there is no point in referring to them. But I
don't consider this to be any handicap. Short, logical, convincing
explanations in plain English and perhaps a little arithmetic would be
welcome of course.
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Reg, G4FGQ.