Assume that |Iref-in| = |Iref-out| which
satisfies Kirchhoff
Ifwd-in + Iref-out = net current on left side of the coil
Ifwd-out + Iref-in = net current on right side of the coil
Ifwd-out lags Ifwd-in by 10 degrees
Iref-out lags Iref-in by 10 degrees (Iref-in leads Iref-out)
Now let's assume that Ifwd-in and Iref-out are in phase.
So current on the left side of the coil equals Ifwd-in
at zero degrees plus Iref-out at zero degrees which is a current
maximum point.
Ask yourself: Can we have a current maximum point on
both sides of the coil? I trust that answer is obvious.
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Ifwd-out lags Ifwd-in by 10 degrees.
Iref-in leads Iref-out by 10 degrees. So current on the right
side of the coil equals Ifwd-out at -10 degrees plus Iref-in at
+10 degrees, NOT a current maximum point.
Therefore, in this example, net current
on the left side of the coil
cannot possibly be equal to net current on the right side of the
coil.
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp
and summarized by W4JLE:
If we feed an antenna at the current
point, the current decreases as the voltage increases along the
antenna element from feed point to end..
That being said, a coil replacing a segment of an antenna (in
order to physically shorten it) will exhibit the same properties
(relating to currents) as the segment it replaced.
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Yuri Blanarovich,
P.Eng., M. Sc.
K3BU, VE3BMV, VE1BY,
ex P4ØA
ex: OK3BU, OK3-5292, FØSY, OK5BU, OM3BU, XJ3BMV, CG3BMV,
CY3BMV, VC3BMV, VX3BMV
op of: OK3KAG, OK3KGH, OK3KAH, 4U1ITU, XJ3ZZ/1, VE3IBM, CJ3DCB,
CG1ZZ, VA1A, VC1A, etc.
President TESLA RC: N2EE, NT1E, VA1A, VC1A - member: ARRL, RAC,
Aruba IDA, MRC, FRC
Photo above
was taken at VE1ZZ QTH while operating in CQ WW and WPX contests,
where I managed to take world #1 spots on 80 and 160m.
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