On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:32:46 -0800 (PST), art
wrote:

On 27 Nov, 08:54, Richard Clark wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:31:55 -0800 (PST), art
wrote:

It is able to radiate on its surface and is unable to radiate
as it returns down the center of the wire.
(assuming the antenna is not tubular)
....
you have an
instrument that can detect the difference in radiation between a solid
wire and a tubular one - all other externalities being the same?
....
If a radiator is made of a tube of minimal thickness with respect to
skin
depth and the ends filled with the same diamagnetic
material where a fuse connects them, the fuse will blow when RF is
applied to the external surface

Hi Arthur,

Let's make this practical for 2M. The skin depth there is all of 30
millionths of an inch and we can talk about a tube with maybe 100
millionths of an inch wall thickness, so let's make it a tube with a 1
thousandth inch diameter with the conventional length of 39 inches.

What size fuse will blow?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC