On Tue, 26 May 2009 18:06:03 -0400, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote: >Probably the same as as a 50 watt light bulb,
This seems wildly pessimistic. I'd guess no more than a dB or so of dissipation. A typical dipole near resonance looks like about 70 ohms, nearly all of which is a resistance that represents RADIATED power, with the rest being wire resistance. So lets say that some of that power causes current flow in nearby conductive objects. That current will be small unless those objects are near resonance, and whatever the current, it will cause more re-radiation than dissipation, because those objects have radiation resistance too. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
