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Old October 2nd 07, 06:15 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default "Quarter wave ground mounted radials are a waste of wire."

Jim Kelley wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
A foot of wire with reflections at one GHz has
the same current throughout the circuit?


A simple series circuit can be expected to behave as a simple series
circuit. Other circuits can be expected to behave differently. Which
do you think applies?


An *ordinary prudent man* would think that one foot
of wire is a "simple series circuit" and it is in a
DC circuit. If as you say, the current in an RF circuit
is the same throughout, why does the current vary
every inch in a circuit with reflections?
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