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My understanding is that coaxial cable, and twisted pair cables exist because they also don't radiate significant energy to the far field. What new understandi
by pontifier 5y ago
My understanding is that coaxial cable, and twisted pair cables exist because they also don't radiate significant energy to the far field.
What new understanding should I be getting from this new design?
- eitland 5y agoNow you got me thinking: That maybe opened a new perspective to me, thinking of the a coaxial as an antenna shielded by the coat, instead of just a different way to have two conductors in one cable. I don't know if this difference means anything since the signals that travel though it are typically waves around 0. This maybe interesting to someone: While I worked in the field with a radio technician I'm fairly certain I heard that the (or maybe just one?) way they make radio work in tunnels is by stretching a coaxial signal cable with small slits through it. That kind of fits very well with how I understood it above. (While I have studied basic electronic engineering I'm not a radio technician myself so if this doesn't sound right, please correct or fill in. Also, according to the technician I worked with antennas are really interesting, at one point he pointed out that he had laughed at what later became his favourite antenna because his first thought was that it "obviously" could not work.)