[Elecraft] BL-2 Connection To An Unbalanced Wire Antenna

[Don Wilhelm]

Matt,

Many years ago, I had an EE professor who said it right - there are two 
disciplines in EE that need to consider 4 dimensions - the 3 dimensions 
of space as well as that position in time.  One is 3 phase motor 
analysis and the other is analysis of an RF wave in space (or on 
antennas).  I have found repeatably that his statement is quite true.  
The added time element makes the subject complex and difficult to visualize.

The discussion of RF ground is related.

73,
Don W3FPR

Matt Palmer wrote:
> Ahh now you are no longer talking about RF ground but the black art of
> EMI. Its not to difficult to determine RF ground, you have to have
> very good spatial visualization, the ability to hold the 3D model of
> the board, chassis and housing in your head, and you need to think
> like an electron. It takes practice, but being relatively
> inexperienced i've gotten the hang of it after being involved in the
> successful design of 2 radios, but then again I have fantastic mentors
> and elmers. In the end everything is explained by Maxwell's equations
> and if 1/10th of the ham population took the time to understand how
> these fantastic formula work and what they mean, 99% of this confusion
> and most of the half truths you see passed around as 'common
> knowledge' would disappear.
>
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