"art" wrote in message
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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

A herd is by definition relatively unstructured. However, there may be one
or a few animals which tend to be imitated by the rest of the members of the
herd more than others. An animal taking this role is called a "control
animal", since its behaviour will predict that of the herd as a whole. It
cannot be assumed, however, that the control animal is deliberately taking a
leadership role. Control animals are not necessarily, or even usually, those
that are socially dominant in conflict situations, though they frequently
are.