On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:29:55 GMT, Lancer wrote:

Thanks James;
I don't think my post was a smart ass post. Nor do I think I have
ever made a smart ass post directed at you. I posted what I learned
from the guys in the antenna group. It seems that you know all the
answers, no point in me continuing this conversation with you...

Lance
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No I don't know all the answers. Never claimed to.

Nor did I intend the post to be such or a smart ass post. If you took
it that way I apologize for it was not intended to be that.

Just that current in a inner conductor and shield of the coax is
induced by the TEM (Transverse ElectroMagnetic) wave that travels from
the source to the load in the space between the two conductors. That
is a hard concept for many to understand. But once that is understood
then many of the mysteries of transmission lines becomes rather
simple. All to often many think that the signal travels down the
inside and outside conductors. It does not.

james