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One thing to consider is that Antenna Math is one thing, and Antenna Reality is another. You can do the math for a wire antenna.....but when you build and install the thing the actual results are different than what the math stated it would be.

Antenna Math is all theoretical performance based on laboratory conditions. Field performance contains innumerable variances.

Why do you want to know?

It may be easiest to build and install your wire based on known calculations, and then test actual performances with a meter. The MJF 259B and 269 Antenna Analyzers, and others, include impedance measurements, so the meter will directly tell you how your on-the-ground antenna is performing including Resonant Frequencies, impedance, SWR etc...

good luck

[QUOTE="Wire Weasel, post: 370890, member: 8415"] One thing to consider is that Antenna Math is one thing, and Antenna Reality is another. You can do the math for a wire antenna.....but when you build and install the thing the actual results are different than what the math stated it would be. Antenna Math is all theoretical performance based on laboratory conditions. Field performance contains innumerable variances. Why do you want to know? It may be easiest to build and install your wire based on known calculations, and then test actual performances with a meter. The MJF 259B and 269 Antenna Analyzers, and others, include impedance measurements, so the meter will directly tell you how your on-the-ground antenna is performing including Resonant Frequencies, impedance, SWR etc... good luck [/QUOTE]

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