[Antennas] Balanced line optimum conductor spacing?

[Dan Richardson]

My apologies Chris I thought of that after I clicked the send button. Here 
it is in a little easier format:

Z = 2.718283 * [D/d]

Where D = The center to center distance of the conductors
            d = The diameter of the conductors

Actually if you want to be *really* fussy a better figure to use would be 
2.718281828459 - The decimal string is endless.

The above is more accurate that the formula give in the ARRL hand book   Z 
= 276log [2D/d]

Again sorry and hopes this helps.

Danny, K6MHE




  At 02:22 PM 1/5/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>I donot intend to be critical but
>The last time I heard about hyperbolic trinometric functions was when I 
>was trying to teach an engineer some physics.  That may be the correct 
>formula but I am sure there exits a number of simple formulas that will 
>give good results for an amateur radio hobbist.
>It is a little bit like when a frosh and a freshette are intruduced and 
>close the distance between them by one half every 3 
>minutes.  Theoretically they will never meet but (nomatter how for the 
>first distance was) in a very short time  it doesnot matter.
>
>Chris opr VE7HCB