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Old December 6th 03, 08:27 PM
emma
 
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Hi Richard,

I tried it. I considered my Hentenna as a transmission line and I
applied the standing wave theory according to "THE ARRL ANTENNA BOOK
18th Ed 1997, Fig 65".
The currents flow the antenna as shown below:

http://antennas.ee.duth.gr/recradioa...ndingwaves.htm


Obviously, the currents of the 3 parallel horizontal branches are
flowing in the same direction. Their sum gives the total field. On the
other hand, we have 3 antiparallel pairs of currents flowing through
the vertical branches. Therefore the field becomes equal to zero.
As a result, the arrangement radiates and it can not be considered as
a transmission line.

Emma.