[Elecraft] Random wire lengths for antennas

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

Not an alternate definition, but we have to recognize that just any old 
random length won't work.

If the wire is near 1/2 wavelength on a band, the impedance at the end 
will be very high, and the tuner may not be able to match it.

In truth, we're really talking about non-resonant antennas, so numbers 
like 53' keep coming up.

It was easier before 60m and 30m and 17m and 12m because all of the ham 
bands were harmonically related, and the math was simpler.

73 -- Lynn

On 1/29/2017 7:55 AM, Tom McCulloch wrote:
> I guess we need an alternate definition of "random" ;-)
>
> Tom
>
>  wb2qdg