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October 7th 03, 07:41 PM

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When will a wire radiate?
Can we make an oscillator circuit to radiate by simply connecting its
output to a long wire ?
Where can I get suitable study material on net about the topic?

I know it's a little old-fashioned, but I would recommend going to a
library and finding books about this topic. A personal favorite of
mine is Ronold King's "Antennas" chapter in King, Mimno and Wing,
"Transmission Lines, Antennas and Waveguides." Early in that chapter,
he discusses "radiation" from wires...really, what happens in distant
conductors because of something that happened in one conductor.

You may also be able to find good things on the web...try a web search
using words like "antenna" and "radiation".

But above all else, be sure to use your head and really understand
what you read; it can be easy to read more into something than is
really there, and you can be misled by false information if you don't
keep your wits about you.

Cheers,
Tom