jawod wrote in :

Michael Coslo wrote:

Some snippage

Of course one can get the answer from a modeling program. Of
course,
the modeling program won't tell *why*.

Here is a video of me trying to get a modeling program to tell me why
my antenna design worked like it said...

http://www.break.com/index/patiencechild.html



As a spoiler, I will

offer that the diagonal placement seriously disrupts both resonance
AND gain to the tune of 100s of KHz and 3-4 dB. Of course, the
qualifier "seriously" was meaningful only to me; that is, until I
quantified it.



Now that's better!

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -
Mike,
That is about the funniest video I've seen in some time! In German,
no less!

I know quite a few people who cannot make it through the thing!

Thanks

Hey! BTW, once you get used to Richard's prose, he's enjoyable to
read, and there is truth in his ministrations.

73 de Mike KB3EIA -