On Jun 22, 4:07 pm, John Smith I wrote:
wrote:

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I've already done the experiments.. Going on nearly 20 years ago..
I'm just telling what I see in the pix..

Yes, but then you didn't see what Mr. Vincent "seen", enough to get a
physics dept. of a university to back him, and mentioned by arrl! And,
gawd knows, arrl is a power to be recognised! COUGH!

Doesn't matter to me. I don't build my antennas for the ARRL. I build
them for me... I'm not even a member of the ARRL.. Never have been.



But then, the naysayers have painted Mr. Vincent as a con man, indeed,
not just a "con man" but a "SUPER CON MAN!" The type of con man where
bankers lock their doors at his approach, men step before their wives in
protection, wives shade the eyes of their children, massive and powerful
men grasp their wallets tightly and expert con men run before him in
fear, envy and loathing! :-(

I don't think he's a con man at all. But I don't think the information
he
provides give anyone enough info to make an accurate comparison.
Or at least from what I've seen.
There is nothing really "wrong" with his antenna. I just think there
are better ways to get what he is after, which seems to be mainly
improved current distribution. People have known how to improve
the current distribution for years.. Nothing new..
And it sure does not require multiple loading coils to accomplish.
His disks? Nothing more than small capacitive hats.. Nothing new
there.
I just don't see the hype, and in fact, I think his design would end
up
being inferior to what I would cook up for the same height mast and
stinger. Cecil seems to agree with me, so if you don't believe me,
maybe his word will mean a little more to you.
The *best* way to load a short vertical is with a large enough
capacity
hat to load the antenna with *no* loading coil needed.
And that is what your's truly would build if I had to have a contest
against his using the same height whip.
And the current distribution in such a case is pretty linear
across the whole whip. You ain't gonna beat that with a
bunch of multiple coils, disks, linear loading, etc, ad nausium..
But if you want to try, be my guest..
MK