[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Smart People: Antenna Matching Mystery

[Peter Gottlieb]

Yeah, it was more of a joke for engineers.  Yet it is useful to explain that an 
ideal capacitor will dissipate no power and it is the imperfect nature of real 
life parts that they have these imperfections due to their materials and methods 
of construction and that is why engineers and amateurs take special care not 
just determining the value of capacitors but also the specific type that should 
be used.  An antenna capacitor is under some strong electrical stresses and 
operating at RF so if the wrong type is selected it will overheat (wasting RF 
power) or even fail.

Peter


On 8/8/2017 6:15 PM, Mike Feher wrote:
> Yep. But, as many had said they are not engineers and to say that a
> capacitor needs to be all "imaginary" would probably not have worked, HI. 73
> - Mike
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 5:35 PM
> To: James Whartenby <antqradio at sbcglobal.net>
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>
> i!
>
>
> Peter
>
>> On Aug 8, 2017, at 5:19 PM, James Whartenby <antqradio at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>> That comment should get some reactance out of Mike!  <grin> Jim
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Tue, 8/8/17, Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] Smart People: Antenna Matching
>> Mystery
>> To: "Mike Feher" <n4fs at eozinc.com>
>> Cc: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at arrl.net>, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 4:06 PM
>>
>> I think
>> you want less real and more imaginary in a capacitor!
>>
>>
>> Peter
>> On Aug 8,
>> 2017, at 5:03 PM, Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote:
>> Well, it seems you knew exactly
>> what I meant. There is no such thing as a "real"
>> capacitor, or inductor, expect in books. 73 - Mike  Mike B. Feher,
>> N4FS89 Arnold Blvd.Howell NJ 07731848-245-9115
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