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From: jhb@zeus.UUCP (John H. Burgess)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Novice question
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 16:06:12 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  5 16:06:12 1985
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This is (to date) the best (in my opinion) explanation of the antenna-length 
question:

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I vote for
	(forgot which letter) The antenna is too short.

According to the question, as you decrease the wavelength of the signal
coming from the transmitter and keep the antenna length constant, you come
closer to a proper match.  So the antenna is the correct fraction of a
shorter wavelength than the one corresponding to 3700 KHz, which is to
say that the antenna is too short for 3700 KHz.  It might be right for
(say) 3740 KHz, you don't know whether the null is higher or lower than
3750.

	paul rubin  wa2qyn/6

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John Burgess, N7DCQ