Richard Clark wrote:


Anyway, I would surmise that if I could achieve both random phase and
frequency distribution, then the difference between a simple dipole's
response and that of a yagi antenna would be trivial.

Trivial would be a nice change.

This would be a
given seeing that the parasitic elements would be virtually invisible,
rendering the "driven" element un-differentiable from the simple
dipole.

i.e. what Roy said. But I think there's still more to it. I tried to
give the other Richard a hint about it but it didn't resonate.

73, ac6xg