Suck it up old man--that ego will heal!

John

"Roy Lewallen" wrote in message
...
| My intent was to spur some thought about the meaning of the terms you've
| so liberally and seemingly authoritatively tossed about. These
| "explanations" show that your understanding is, indeed, very muddled and
| vague. I suggest you do a bit of study to gain a clearer grasp of these
| concepts before you give too much advice about how to apply them.
|
| Roy Lewallen, W7EL
|
| John Smith wrote:
| Well, "di" = two, so in that sense, "dipole" would not necessarly be
| balanced--however, that is not what I expect when someone tells me they
have
| a "dipole."
|
| Although, quite well granted, it qualifies (my groundplane ant is a
| "dipole", but I think I would mislead if I stated that in some circles!
(as
| it does have a few extra "legs" on one side.) However, it (the radials)
| could be viewed as one single conductor, in the sense a tophat might be
a
| sheet, or a set of multiple wires, or the bottom cone of a "discone"
| composed of many "legs" as compared to one solid sheet of conductor...
|
| Semantics: retarded person = mentally disabled = special needs =
| handicapped, etc... don't ya just love it!
|
| "Gound" at 1000 ft in the air is a counterpoise (body of an aircraft,
most
| likely what the neg lead of the power source is hooked to), could be one
| long wire to ground too--most likely in need of "tuning" to function
| optimally....
|
| If I someone stuck a 1K resistor (or diode-anode towards +) between my
| chasis of the radio and the negative lead (probably best to bypass it
with a
| cap at rf in question), the top of that 1K resistor (or cathode of
diode) is
| "real ground"--in the sense of "time" being real... they "ground" every
| telephone pole now and then, because across distances "earth ground" is
not
| "equal ground."
|
| If your point is that "ground" is relative--I know a guy who claimed
that of
| the whole universe....
|
| That guys ground could well be the chasis (even though a 1k resistor!),
or
| the other side of coil with its center at "ground", or not... etc.
|
| But, those two wires he described are two wires of equal length, so,
suggest
| themselves as a "conventional dipole", with nothing else to go on--I am
| willing to accept that...
|
| I have been wrong before, is so this time--I learn something...
|
| Warmest regards,
| John
|
| "Roy Lewallen" wrote in message
| ...
| | So then a dipole with one leg 5 times as long as the other would be a
| | "balanced" antenna. I see.
| |
| | Tell me, how is this "ground" "supplied"? What exactly is a "ground",
| | say 50 feet up in the air?
| |
| | Roy Lewallen, W7EL
| |
| | John Smith wrote:
| | . . .
| | A balanced "supplies its own ground." A ground or "counterpoise" is
NOT
| | required for the ant to work against...
| |
| | Warmest regards,
| | John
|
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