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Antennas and Transmission Lines

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1. The radio creates an<br />

electrical current oscillating at<br />

high frequency.<br />

3. The wave arrives at a bare wire,<br />

<strong>and</strong> induces an electromagnetic wave<br />

radiating in free space.<br />

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2. The wave is guided down a<br />

coaxial cable.<br />

The antenna is the point at which a moving current in a wire is transformed into an electromagnetic wave radiating in space.

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