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>How did you physically manage measuring current in closewound 2 coil>without perturbing the system? One of the people in our merry band had government connections. >With that in mind, here are my design criteria in order of importance >1 Survivability Even the efficient antenna is worthless when broken >2 Low easy replacement Sooner or later it will broken or >vandalized or you will want to improve it >3 Efficiency wish had said that, Larry…..and probably will when you arent looking o. BTW, the meters were read using binoculars. think your position is clear….

If you didnt>measure at least 7amperes into the whip to radiate watts of actual>radiated power as EM energy would be sqrt of 1002 ohms ranging to>0. 5ohms….or someplace between and amperes. Niether of these hypotheses will go far to satisfy the real objectives of our study. Our focus has always been on real world performance differences for various configurations of mobile antennas, mast lengths, coil positions, multiple resonators, mounting angles, matching devices, magnetic mount effects, vehicle footprints, grounding methods, etc. think your position is clear….

Then you said>I sqrt PR, so current into the whip you were not radiating watts as>EM radiation, and it would be 14 amperes if the whip was uniform>crosssection with base loading only and watts was radiated. Hello again, TomYou responded to my last post with some comments & question. Actually, the coil current measurements were made twice because the coil was always reversed to see if an anomaly was present in meter pickup. The objectives center on getting practical answers about practical antennas. BTW, the meters were read using binoculars.

>How did you physically manage measuring current in closewound 2 coil>without perturbing the system? One of the people in our merry band had government connections. Then you said>I sqrt PR, so current into the whip you were not radiating watts as>EM radiation, and it would be 14 amperes if the whip was uniform>crosssection with base loading only and watts was radiated. He got us dozen small calibrated RF ammeters with very small thermocouples. When the whole study is published, there will be pictures of these devices included.