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January 3rd 09, 02:49 PM
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Does NEC-2 model wires as solid or hollow?
Cecil Moore wrote:
Dave wrote: the only one who would care about that is art who believes that current flows back down the inside of the conductor. for the rest of us an end of a wire is an end of a wire... the difference in capacitance from a filled end to a hollow tube, unless the diameter of the hollow tube is a good fraction of a wavelength should be negligible. Has anyone ever measured a difference between aluminum tubing and a solid aluminum rod at the end of an antenna? The rod is heavier. |
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