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Old October 2nd 07, 09:04 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:
An *ordinary prudent man* would think that one foot
of wire is a "simple series circuit" and it is in a
DC circuit.


Most ordinary prudent men that I know wouldn't characterize a one foot
length of wire as a series circuit.


More silly word games - when it is in a DC circuit
the current is constant. When it exists in a simple
series GHz circuit with reflections, the current
is not constant.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com