[Boatanchors] B-17 antenna connection

[Nick England]

Very interesting! Definitely reminds me of a shunt-fed tower
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Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net> wrote:

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> Maybe this analogy isn't covered by the physics, but...
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> The arrangement discussed reminds me of the driven element of a yagi. A
> radiator(wings) attached to a boom(fuselage)
> fed by an attachment out on the wing (gamma match). Probably easier to
> visualize on a plane with long skinny wings
> like a B-29.
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> Probably a lot more complicated than that.
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> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
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