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jazzsinger,
If you have thought about it, I would have assumed that you would have realized that at best, you only grounded (AC or DC) half of a typical antenna, the half connected to the braid. What about the other half that isn't normally connected to the braid? Or thinking at it from another direction, you've only grounded half of that feed line, leaving the other half floating above ground.
So far, I can't think of any physics I've contradicted, nor W8JI, and I can assure you that I have absolutely no ambition to -ever- be "the supreme antenna guru in the galaxy"... it just doesn't pay enough, and how would you get all of that title onto a car tag or a door?
- 'Doc

[QUOTE="W5LZ, post: 156965, member: 129"] jazzsinger, If you have thought about it, I would have assumed that you would have realized that at best, you only grounded (AC or DC) half of a typical antenna, the half connected to the braid. What about the other half that isn't normally connected to the braid? Or thinking at it from another direction, you've only grounded half of that feed line, leaving the other half floating above ground. So far, I can't think of any physics I've contradicted, nor W8JI, and I can assure you that I have absolutely no ambition to -ever- be "the supreme antenna guru in the galaxy"... it just doesn't pay enough, and how would you get all of that title onto a car tag or a door? - 'Doc [/QUOTE]

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