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Old December 3rd 07, 11:33 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Harrison Richard Harrison is offline
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Default Tom's experiment

Owen Duffy wrote:
'You have to view the helix as a transmission line."

B. Whitfield Griffith, Jr. treats "Transmission Lines for Special
Impedances" starting on page 293 of "Radio-Elewctronic Transmission
Fundamentals". On page 295 he gives Zo = sq. rt. L/C. Also, velocity of
phase propagation is given as: v = 1/sq.rt.LC.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI