Dean Craft wrote:
The above post is without doubt, the clearest, cleanest and to the point
statement of any made to date in this whole silly chain of posts! It
demonstrates a clear and firm grasp of antenna theory.

A self-resonant coil is obviously 90 degrees long. If one
removes 5% of the turns and replaces them with a stinger
to bring the system back to resonance at the same frequency,
do you really believe the coil has magically changed from
90 degrees long to zero degrees long?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp