On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:19:28 -0500, Murray wrote:

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This is still pretty obnoxious.

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Any body dealing with antennas in this group, what I read was pretty off
color and off subject.

Hi Murray,

It is called the price of admission, and is the exercise of American
rights to unrestrained speech.

Want to know what a CCD antenna is really
supposed to do compared to say a delta loop...Just put one up and it
seems too good to be true compared to my well known hot signal 40 meter
delta...what is your opinion and please reply all so I will get a person
response.

The CCD is one of those arm-chair designs that is a gift to mankind in
the form of gain from a dipole.

To being with, the theory behind it is that this antenna is frequency
specific, and that it is much larger than the standard dipole it
replaces. If this is news to you, then there's trouble ahead.

Continuing, the theory behind it maintains that each section is tuned
and presents a current maxima that aids with each of its neighbors to
thus increase gain. The standard current distribution along the
standard dipole is cosine shaped by and large. For the CCD it is
presumably linear - until you get to the ends of course where it
plummets to 0 in the last section. Myself, I respond to this
description of an antenna by parts as being much like a fresnel lens
in its conception.

However, modeling, such as I have done, fails to substantiate the
claims even if through contortions and exasperation I do manage to
attains some semblance of the linear current model.

Further, physical models bear out no particular boon to mankind that
has been extolled.

dont think Ill be reading this group everyday...who cares
about the british pound? EH?

This falls into the category of off topic response, something you
presumably eschew and simultaneously indulge in. This, too, is a
commonplace activity.

I am happy to respond to all topics that interest me. There are other
endlessly boring discussion of antennas - notably those that have
survived hurricanes as evidenced by photo doctoring - that remain on
topic, and off interest. I don't complain about it though, except to
recite as a parable.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC