On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:07:29 -0800, John Smith wrote:
art wrote:
Most hams who strive for maximum radiation that is horizontally
polarised place the radiator parallel to the earths surface.
That is an example of herd mentallity.
When the vectors of radiation fields and "curl" are summated
the resulting vector is NOT along the axis of the radiator.
For maximum horisontally polarised radiation it is this
vector that must be parallel to the earths surface.
By the way Maxwell confirms this but hams chose
to ignore it.
Yup, herd mentallity!
Art

Well, that AND the fact that a 160m antenna can be difficult to
vertically polarize!

The Real "Ham radio herd mentality" is also demonstrated by the number
of hookees swept up by these trolls.