Re: Terry's New Plane Wave Antenna

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>


"The capacitance between the coil and the antenna and the capacitive
load form a voltage divider. The voltage is directly proportional to
the coil's secondary voltage."

i think that what you said above is correct only in the vacuum, coz in
the air there are such things  like "ion cloud", "rectification" and
maybe other even more funny stuff"

   I agree completely, except in the case where there is no 
ionization and no streamer activity.  Otherwise it's highly possible 
that the real distance from the HV point to the pickup plate is much 
less than the distance from the top terminal of the TC.  For example, 
consider the case where a streamer "almost touches" the plate.

Ed