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Old December 3rd 07, 09:53 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default Tom's experiment
Owen Duffy wrote:
You have to view the helix as a transmission line.

At a fixed frequency, it has L and distributed C and
some losses, just like a transmission line. A coil
can be conceptually replaced with a transmission line
of the equivalent Z0 and VF if one is mindful of the
boundary conditions for the model.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com
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