Bill Turner wrote:
That voltage is present at the END of the whip, not at the base.

Bill, the voltage at the END of the whip and at the BASE of the whip
is not all that different for 8 foot whips used on 75m. That's why
the SGC-230 doesn't have a coax connector on its output and instead
has a porcelain insulator capable of withstanding thousands of volts.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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