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Old July 5th 17, 11:36 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
J.B. Wood[_2_] J.B. Wood[_2_] is offline
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Default Long Wire direction question
On 07/04/2017 03:39 PM, wrote:
Why do all hams fall for the same old bait of random length wire V x amount of wavelengths wire. Does it really matter, it's a wire antenna fed from the end. Why try and justify its length, name and how many wave lengths long the bloody thing is.
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Why? Because a lot of hams are hobbyists, not theoreticians. That's
not particularly a problem except when hams provide theoretical
explanations that are inconsistent with electromagnetic theory, such as
the notion that one can transmit/receive an "E-field" as if it's
independent from the "H" field component of an electromagnetic wave (I'm
assuming far-field here.). And then there's that constant reference to
a "magnetic loop" antenna as if to imply there must also be an "electric
loop" antenna. Sincerely, and 73s from N4GGO,


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