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Old November 26th 07, 03:59 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:27:22 -0800 (PST), art
wrote:
I say I have invented a 160M antenna that is rotatable and directional
and without the requirement of a ground plain.


Hi Arthur,

"It" is called a dipole. 'It" has already been done. There have been
extrememly long threads here for weeks discussing this design:
Rotatable 200M antennas that are half a meter wide! These rotatable
and directional designs have been around since the days of Queen
Victoria.

It could have been for
a different
frequency but I chose the worst case scenario.


Others figured out how to do "it" too. One of the first was some
bumpkin called Hertz. You probably haven't read about him in a book
unfortunately.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC