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Old September 22nd 09, 01:28 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Standing waves

On Sep 22, 2:21*am, Szczepan Białek wrote:

It apply to 1/2WL dipole. But what radiate in 0.05WL dipole? There the
"maximum radiation " is in the transmission line (1/4WL from the end).
The feed point is also in the transmissing line.


There is no radiation from a transmission line as long as the currents
in it are balanced. Attaching a transmission line to a 0.05WL center-
fed dipole does not change that balance.

The feedpoint of such a short dipole has very high capacitive
reactance, so getting much current to flow into it would be difficult
without proper impedance matching to the transmission line.

But whatever the impedance match, all of the radiation occurs from the
0.05WL dipole itself, and maximum radiation is generated at the
feedpoint, where the r-f current is greatest.

RF