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INDICATOR, AND SOME THE COMPLETE ANTENNA IMPEDANCE AS A COMPLEX NUMBER THAT
LOOKS LIKE R JX.  TO FIND THE DIPOLES IMPEDANCE, WE NEED TO PUT THE R AND X
VALUES TOGETHER AS A COMPLEX NUMBER THAT IS MADE UP OF THREE PIECES THE
FIRST 4 IS RESISTANCE AND ITS REAL, THE SECOND IS THE OPERATOR / , AND THE
LAST, REACTANCE, J1590 IS IMAGINARY.  YOU KNOW THAT RESISTANCE IS IN OHMS
AND REACTANCE IS ALSO IN OHMS.  OHMS 1 OHMS IS NICE AND SIMPLE WHY NOT JUST
LEAVE IT AT THAT?  WHY PUT THE J IN THERE TO COMPLICATE THINGS?  DONT LET
THAT IMAGINARY J PART BRING BACK SOME TERRIBLE HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES.
THERES NO TEST TO WORRY ABOUT, SO TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS AND CHILL OUT.
NOW, LETS GET REAL ABOUT THE IMAGINARY J.  A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE THE J
IS THERE TO REMIND US OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESISTANCE
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