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Old August 3rd 10, 05:01 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Michael Coslo Michael Coslo is offline
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Szczepan Bialek wrote:
Uzytkownik "K1TTT" napisal w wiadomosci
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On Aug 1, 4:52 pm, wrote:
Szczepan Bialek wrote:

The question was: "Does solid insulation makes the radiation weaker or
stop
it?"

And the question has been answered many times now by several people.

In the real and practical world, no, insulation will not stop the
radiation
from an RF antenna and depending on the frequency and material of the
insulation some of the radiation will be aborbed as heat by the
insulation.


The was the additional question: "And what with the "natural" insulations:
the ice and the wet?

Sometimes are on your dipoles an ice or water.
They should melt/evaporate in the places where are picks of the voltage.
Is it observed?


Are you assuming that because there is high voltage, there is current
induced heating?

Voltage does not translate diresctly to heat.