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Old January 2nd 15, 06:25 AM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default The capacity hat?
On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:48:15 -0000, "gareth"
wrote:

In the textbooks, a capacity hat is shown as having a capacity down
to ground (in the case of a marconi antenna), but if you do the calculations
based on the physical dimensions, the resulting capacitance is so small
as to be meaningless.

So, .... what is the real picture here?

http://www.k0bg.com/caphats.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Antenna
http://www.buzzbar.com/w8uzzch.html
http://www.smeter.net/antennas/short-top-hat-loaded.php
http://www.dxengineering.com/techarticles/hotrodzandmobileinstall/dx-engineering-hot-rodz-antenna-capacity-hats

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