On 5/1/2010 8:03 PM, Art Unwin wrote:
On May 1, 8:10 am, wrote:
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Meandering increases the inductance per unit of length, so the
propagating wave slows down. This results in a reduction of resonant
length.

The zig/zag wire pieces do, however, not contribute to the far field
??????

This is news to me! Can you give me a reference ?
This clearly suggests that a twin wire formed in a closed circuit
helix cannot radiate in the far field when it clearly can regardless
of slow wave. If the dipole is clearly in equilibrium it cannot fail
to radiate but then everything depends on the presented aparture and
what medium it is operating under, such as a submarine at some depth
in sea water versus fresh water. I have found that such arrangements
start out at over 100 ohms and then gradually dampen down to 50 ohms
when you start to exceed twice the full wave length and it comprises
of a fully connected electrical wire circuit

A fine example of a meander circuit would be a fractal arranged in
full circuit form
Regards
Art

Another fine example of yourself, Art.

Yes, of course it's news to you. Your physics is from a different universe.

Nothing you typed has anything to do with the thread. As usual. It's
just a continuation of your dysreality monologue.

tom
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