Doug:

I NEVER want to copy whole books, I can't see a reason for copying whole
chapters, seldom would there be a need for whole pages--usually short of a
page would suffice--this would fall under "fair use", if proper credit is
give author/material... not only that, but take where I gave a URL, I could
just have easily digested the info, transformed it into my own words and
dumped it here--a little more work--but would only take me minutes
longer--literally!!! When give the choice--I gave the man credit for where
I had found it...

But, make no mistake, I am not here for "hero worship." However, if you
don't think I have gotten to here without having stood upon the shoulders of
others--you are mistaken--and I DO NOT make that mistake--all my very little
and humble learnings have come from other men or women (hell, maybe aliens!
grin)--I would suppose, so has yours--unless you are psychic and getting
it "directly from God."

I could be mistaken, but I think I remember reading articles by Roy Lewellan
when I was much younger--my memory is already not as good as once--but I
would swear I seen papers/articles, etc from him when I was a teenager--that
knowledge has severed me well--as well as I can remember...

I am not here to claim other mens knowledge as "original ideas" of my
own--rather my whole knowledge is composed of bits and pieces of
others--isn't yours?

At this point, it would be impossible to tell what bit or what piece has
come from who--or when... but I will do the best I can here... someway we
will find a way for this to work...

Warmest regards,
John

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Doug McLaren wrote:

| How do you define QUICKLY?

Sorry, I meant to send this as a private email. It's also US
specific, if that's not already painfully obvious.

To make this antenna relevant, well, antennas have been well
understood by people (not me!) for many many years. I've got an ARRL
Antenna handbook from the 1950s, and it's not really that different
from the one I got from the 1990s.

The writing is different, the pictures of cars with antennas mounted
are very different (and entertaining), but the general concepts
haven't changed much at all.

In the old book, VHF and UHF are sort of an afterthought, which I
guess makes sense. But the actual antenna concepts are pretty much
the same, even though the books are like 40 years apart.

(And to make it copyright related, well, my 1950's ARRL antenna book
could have entered the public domain. It depends on if it's copyright
was renewed or not.)

--
Doug McLaren, , AD5RH
Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.