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Old December 2nd 07, 09:58 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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wrote:
A coil loaded antenna actually needs more wire than the
comparison 1/4 wave monopole.

That's because of the transformer action between
adjacent coils. Some of the signal skips from
coil to coil reducing the phase shift through
the coil. More wire is needed to compensate
for that short-cut through the coil.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com
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