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Old May 1st 06, 02:31 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Fry
 
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Default A little more on missing degrees

"Reg Edwards"
The missing 90 - 57 = 33 degrees are just not needed for
resonance. So why is everybody making such a fuss about it?

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An antenna * system * does not need to have X number of degrees to be
resonant. It only needs to have ~zero reactance at its feedpoint -- which,
for electrically short AND long radiators can be achieved by use of a
suitable matching network.

Such networks don't add or subtract electrical degrees, however. They only
reduce/cancel the natural reactance of the physical radiator in use.

RF