Jack, K9CUN wrote:
"I have referred to my various engineering texts on antennas and
transmission lines and can not find any discussion of antenna "vigor"."

I did not copy my statement. Vigor is defined in my "American College
Dictionary as: "1. active strength or force---".

A rod in free space becomes excited and accepts energy, which it must
re-radiate, when it is swept by a passing wave of its resonant
frequency. Its first resonance is near a 1/2-wavelength. At frequencies
slightly off-resonance, little current flows in the rod due to the
opposition of its reactance.

You may have seen a mechanical analogy in the vibrating reed frequency
meter.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

Vigor is defined in my "American College
Dictionary as: "1. active strength or force---"

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What is the "strength" of an antenna?

What is the "force" of an antenna?

Is it the same as the "oomph"?

73 de Jack, K9CUN

On 18 Jul 2003 18:42:00 GMT, (JDer8745) wrote:

Vigor is defined in my "American College
Dictionary as: "1. active strength or force---"

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What is the "strength" of an antenna?

What is the "force" of an antenna?

Is it the same as the "oomph"?

73 de Jack, K9CUN

Hi Jack,

Strength is often associated with potential (Volts being common here).

Force is more often associated with power (by virtue of Newton, Watts
being common here).

oomph is what an old fart mutters as he stirs uncomfortably in his
chair while avoiding a bench test of his mental gymnastics.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Units of force do not include Watts.

Units of force are such things as Newtons, dynes, poundals, pounds, etc.

Jack (who exerts a force of many pounds on this chair)

73