DesignEquations A Dash of Maxwell’s: A Maxwell’s Equations Primer – Part 5: Radiation from a Small Wire Element By In Compliance - May 1, 2010 It is time to put these equations to work by computing the radiation from a simple structure, a short wire element. Please view the Digital Edition to read “A Dash of Maxwell’s: A Maxwell’s Equations Primer – Part 5: Radiation from a Small Wire Element” (click here).