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Doc, I agree that the formula doesn't show you what's going on inside the coil. However, if I recall correctly, even though the current tapers off throughout the antenna, when it reaches a coil it should stay fairly constant through the coil, then resume it's taper. On a poorly designed antenna, you can get stray capacitance from turn to turn, which increases circulating currents in the coil. Is that the direction you were thinking in?

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[QUOTE="Moleculo, post: 20052, member: 1"] Doc, I agree that the formula doesn't show you what's going on inside the coil. However, if I recall correctly, even though the current tapers off throughout the antenna, when it reaches a coil it should stay fairly constant through the coil, then resume it's taper. On a poorly designed antenna, you can get stray capacitance from turn to turn, which increases circulating currents in the coil. Is that the direction you were thinking in? </p>[i][/i] [/QUOTE]

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