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Old December 30th 08, 02:52 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default transmission lines and SWR and fractional wave antennas

Richard Fry wrote:
But in fact that
"triangular" current distribution is just a very short section of a
sinusoidal waveform.


Yes, for a few degrees around the zero crossing
point, y=Ax+B can be a close approximation.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com