It is also due to the change in propagation velocity along the antenna as a function of the diameter of the elements. If the elements were of 0 diameter you would be able to totally disregard this factor.
Details can be found in the ARRL Handbook. Ghery Pettit Intel Corporation N6TPT From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Effective length of half wave dipole Dear all I got confused with the effective length of a half wave dipole. 1) It is due to non-constant current distribution, or 2) It is due to the wave velocity in materials different from that in vacuum. What do you think which one is correct? Regards KC Chan This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
