Exactly right, Tom. Jim, if you go back and look at all the posts in this thread from the beginning --which I should have done but didn't-- you'll see.
I was surprised that Frank and Tom 'made such an incorrect statement' (so I wrongly assumed, that is) before we 'disagreed'. ;-) 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Tom W8JI <[email protected]> wrote: > None of it, including the cable type, affects the spacing of elements. > That was Frank's point, and that was all he ever said. > > Somehow what Frank said was misconstrued into meaning something about the > transmission line mode of waves in the antenna itself, which no one ever > disagreed about. We all know, or should know, the Vp through the length of > the antenna is affected by ground and dielectrics. > > Frank's statement was that the external wave was not affected by the Vf in > the antenna, so the required spacing does not change between a BOG and any > other antenna. > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
