"Sal M. Onella" wrote in
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Or if it is 1/4-wave resonant and is in relatively low-resistance
contact with the groundplane.

Dan
But loss will be induced in the rod only when the rod is near to
1/2-wave resonant.
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Reg.


Tony, what happens if you load the transmitter into the rod, directly?
Upon reading that the end-to-end resistance of the pole may be about
an ohm, that idea was in my head instantly. Impedance to RF is a
different animal, of course but I would try it on low power, just to
measure SWR. And you don't have to do anything, really, to determine
whether you can _hear_ using it!

I hope you keep us informed.

Right, stick an analyzer on it and see what it actually does with real RF
in it.


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