The Elite rising still aye , as a hobby or not , what i know is if there
is enough spark no matter what , it sparks no matter what...... Quantify
that... and that is a sarcastik knock ... Great minds that no know of
the Alien...

Positive about being Negative

P.


"J. B. Wood" wrote in message
...
In article , Roy Lewallen
wrote:

The problems you're encountering are the result of trying to
oversimplify electromagnetic theory by reducing it to conceptual
models
which are far from adequate. Your basic conceptual models are faulty,
so
any conclusions you draw from using these models will eventually lead
to
contradictions. That same problem has, in fact, been the cause of a
huge
number of argumentative postings on this newsgroup.

snip

Well stated, Roy. I suspect the majority of hams are not degreed EEs
that
have delved into elementary electromagnetic theory (It was the least
popular EE course when I was an undergrad.) Of course you don't need
an
in-depth understanding to get on the air. The problem, as you point
out,
arises when folks start going beyond the "practical" and hobby aspects
(e.g. beyond the scope of the ARRL handbooks) by providing
explanations of
phenomena that are not supported by electromagnetic theory as embodied
in
Maxell's equations.

Then there's a university EE professor who should know the theory and
ends
up supporting misguided concepts like the crossed-field antenna (CFA).
Sincerely, and 73s from N4GGO,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337