View Single Post
  #47   Report Post  
Old April 4th 06, 05:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Fry
 
Posts: n/a
Default Current across the antenna loading coil - from scratch

"Cecil Moore" wrote ...
Richard Fry wrote:
But clearly these lengths in degrees do not define the self-resonant
length of that radiator.


Could it be that the resonant 80 degrees of physical length
is 90 degrees of electrical length?

__________

That a self-resonant, unloaded broadcast radiator length is shorter than the
90 degree conventional "electrical length" defined by the FCC is a given.
But this reality sometimes is not recognized.

RF