On 31 May 2005 11:23:36 -0700, "K7ITM" wrote:

It's the overall end-to-end length that matters most

Hi Tom,

Well, I guess it needed to be said.

What is missing here, that is about this insulator business, is that
(if it isn't already obvious) there is wire coming from the
transmission line that has been split out to make the connections at
this insulator. This wire, too - as short as it may be, is
transmitting as much (or as little) as ANY similar length of ANY
section of the purported antenna.

To put it in another perspective (grossly exaggerated for the purpose
of illustration, mind you); let's take a power line insulator that is
three feet long. Now, does anyone imagine that this antenna is
shorter than another antenna by that same three feet simply because
the end-to-end length of both is the same? Perhaps if you haven't
connected your transmission line to it to drive it - but then what
purpose is your antenna?

As Reg might offer, I am merely "stating the bleeding obvious."

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC