
16 Transmission Lines 259
16.1 Feeders 259
16.2 Circuit Equivalent of a Line 259
16.3 Characteristic Resistance 262
16.4 Waves along a Line 264
16.5 Wave Reflection 266
16.6 Standing Waves 267
16.7 Line Impedance Variations 268
16.8 The Quarter-Wave Transformer 269
16.9 Fully Resonant Lines 270
16.10 Lines as Tuned Circuits 271
16.11 Waveguides or Radio-wave Plumbing 272
17 Radiation and Antennas 274
17.1 Bridging Space 274
17.2 The Quarter-Wave Resonator Again 274
17.3 A Rope Trick 276
17.4 Electromagnetic Waves 278
17.5 Radiation 279
17.6 Polarization 280
17.7 Antennas 281
17.8 Radiation Resistance 282
17.9 Directional Characteristics 28