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Calculations indicate that a surface wave Goubau line may have useful transmission characteristics even if it is located within 20 cm from the rock wall of a tunnel. The results are consistent with previous theoretical and experimental data for a thin wire located at low heights over a finitely conducting plane earth.
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Wait et al. (1976) studied this question.
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