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Old October 5th 07, 10:56 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Owen Duffy Owen Duffy is offline
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Default Antennas guilty of RFI?

"ZL2DG Dave" wrote in
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I believe antenna feedlines can be a source of rfi.The radiation from
an antenna should be much greater than any feeder radiation_why the
emphasis on feeder radiation? 73 de ZL2DG


Dave,

"should" being the operative word.

It isn't always the case that feedline radiation is insignificant. Keep in
mind that the transmitter feedline might also be much closer to the
affected device, its power line and its feedline.

It is also fair to say that there is a whole family of ham myths that
revolve around feedlines being the cause of RFI, TVI, generation of
harmonics, causual links between open wire feedline and interference, etc.

Owen