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Re: long antenna

From gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: long antenna
Date 2015-11-26 18:39 -0600
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On 11/26/2015 2:05 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> wrote:
>> On 11/26/2015 9:21 AM, gilber34 wrote:
>>> On 11/24/2015 2:12 PM, benj wrote:
>>>> On 11/24/2015 02:39 PM, RichD wrote:
>>>>> On November 17, Timo wrote:

>>> there is freewhere somewhere on internet for antennas, very easy to see
>>> this effect on long wires, the antenna pattern splinters up very badly.
>>> (EZnec ??)
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> In general, the phrase "long wire antenna" really means: We didn't
>>>> bother to put a real antenna on it, but just attached a piece of wire we
>>>> had available and hoped it worked and it sort of does.
>>
>> mostly shortwave radio and ham radio stuff.   ham radio transmitters
>> have to tune up to match the long wire usally by a pi network, two
>> adjustable Cs and a coil w multiple taps on it in the middle.
>
> If you actually knew anything about antennas, you would know why long
> wire antennas fell out of favor a very long time ago.

why does the military still use them ?

>
>> I used a long wire antenna on a shortwave halecrafters radio, the long
>> wire was a fence, worked just excellent, then lightning  hit the fence,
>> and rearranged parts in the radio. (those radios had a ac hot chassis, bad)
>
>
> You did not have a long wire antenna, you had a random wire antenna.

again you fail to read and understand, I said fence, which is about 5 
miles or more long wire antenna.

  <snip crap>
>
>>>> A long wire traveling wave antenna is a different animal and usually
>>>> isn't a long wire, though traveling waves do travel down a wire. A true
>>>> antenna of that type will be terminated on one end like say a rhombic
>>>> antenna so it really consists of just a terminated transmission line.
>>>
>>> terminated to eliminate waves going in a direction on the wire
>>
>> which changes the pattern to have gain in a direction.
>
> Actually long wire antennas are generally not terminated.
>
> Rhobic antennas are terminated.
>

look that up in your ARRL book?

suppose to be terminated IF you want the directionality.

>
>>>> The whole subject is quite complex and very much dependent upon the
>>>> exact details of the system. Quick rules of thumb can easily be quite
>>>> wrong.
>>>
>>> and the ground reflection is bigtime consideration up past FM, EZNEC
>>>
>> http://eznec.com/
>> i think older versions are free, and they have demo,
>> even used by ARRL
>
>
> The free demo version is the current version with limited capabilities.
>

woop de doo !

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long antenna RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-17 10:42 -0800
  Re: long antenna Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 12:46 -0600
    Re: long antenna Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 20:10 +0100
    Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 20:28 +0000
      Re: long antenna benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 16:59 -0500
    Re: long antenna Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-11-18 22:56 +0100
      Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-18 16:57 -0600
        Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 23:15 +0000
          Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-18 20:42 -0600
            Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-19 05:29 +0000
              Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-19 08:54 -0600
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-22 15:32 -0600
                Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-22 23:16 +0000
            Re: long antenna HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 06:59 -0800
              Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 20:02 -0500
      Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 01:36 -0500
  Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-17 13:28 -0600
  Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 14:04 -0800
    Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 22:35 +0000
      Re: long antenna benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 19:28 -0500
        Re: long antenna Timo <timo@physics.uq.edu.au> - 2015-11-17 17:18 -0800
          Re: long antenna RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-24 11:39 -0800
            Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 15:12 -0500
              Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 09:21 -0600
                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 10:05 -0600
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              Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-24 16:33 -0600
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 09:11 -0600
                Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 19:42 +0000
                Re: long antenna "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 11:57 -0800
                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 14:52 -0600
                Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 21:12 +0000
                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 18:58 -0600
                Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-27 01:37 +0000
                Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 23:45 -0500
                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-27 01:01 -0600
                Re: long antenna "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 23:31 -0800
                Re: long antenna benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 11:34 -0500
                Re: long antenna "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 09:58 -0800
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-28 16:42 -0600
                Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-28 22:58 +0000
                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 07:46 -0600
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 14:12 -0600
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 17:41 -0600
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 20:23 -0600
                Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-01 06:21 +0000
                Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 15:22 -0500
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 17:16 -0600
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                Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 19:59 -0600
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                Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 19:20 -0500
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              Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 00:08 -0500
                Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-25 06:13 +0000
  Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 16:25 -0800
  Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 16:08 -0800
    Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-20 00:40 +0000
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