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Old November 19th 07, 11:00 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Harrison Richard Harrison is offline
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Default skin depth decay

Roy Lewallen wrote:
"S little too basic, I`m afraid. The 90 degree current lag applies only
to a steady state sinusoidal voltage."

A steady state sinusoidal voltage is exactly what I would expect on a
resonant antenna in the absence of modulation when a carrier has been
applied to the antenna for a short but not too short period of time.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI