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Date:         Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:02:11 -0700
Reply-To:     pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
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From:         pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: CBs Vanagons Antennas
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Hi Volks,

I like that "current collector". What do you store that current in? The sink? ROTFLMAO...

But I don't quite understand the 1/4 vs 1/2 wave stuff. If I recall 11M is something like 33 feet so a 1/4 wave is something like 8 feet or 96". Using the correct numbers will probably get a 100" answer +or- 4 inches.

So if I tune to the max current feedpoint it is the base of the 104" whip. A 46 inch device without loading circuitry is more like 1/8 wave.

A good standing wave on 104" gives max current at the base and max voltage at the tip. I guess my RF stuff is rusty insofar as understanding the 1/2 wave aspect of 27MHz on a 46" antenna.

So I am seriously interested in the 1/2 wave info.

pmail if you like,

pensioner


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