Tom Donaly wrote:
You should want to know the Beta*l of
the coil on your antenna so you'll know its electrical length.

The discussion is no longer about coils. It's clear that a
lot of posters don't understand the nature of standing waves.
If they don't understand standing waves in a transmission
line or on a wire, they cannot possibly understand standing
waves on a coil.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp