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![]() Take a close-wound wire helix of diameter D metres and having N = 500 turns per meter. Wire diameter approx 2mm. All formulae available from Terman, Kraus, ARRL, etc., etc. C = 55.5 / (Ln( 2 * H / D ) - 1) picofarads per meter. L = Square( N * Pi * D ) / 10 microhenrys per meter. TransLine impedance, Zo = Sqrt( L / C ) ohms. Propagation Velocity = 1 / Sqrt( L * C ) metres per second. Take a length of H =1.5 metres of this helix and use it as a short vertical antenna above a good ground. It will resonate as a 1/4-wave vertical at 3.5 MHz. Zo = 3243 ohms. Velocity factor = 0.0701 Radiation Resistance = 0.176 ohms. etc., etc., It's so simple you can't believe it. ;o) ---- Reg. |
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