Art wrote:
"We can bury our heads in the sand or we can re examune the facts as
accepted by science. If adherence to Maxwell`s laws provides radiators
that are more efficient and smaller than the status quo we can ignore it
as Richard states "We already have a design" or Who needs it."

Richard says: Hooray! Richard does not discourage novelty or the
computer which is a most useful tool. Show us the novelty and the data.

Art`s rant reminds me of an offhand remark by Jerry Chinski, Chief
Engineer of KXYZ when I worked there in 1949. It was not directed at me
when Jerry said: "You can have the best equipment in the world but if
knuckleheads are operating it, the product is likely useless."

Antenna modeling is well tested and accepted. If the computer operator
is a knucklehead, its output is likely useless (GIGO). The operator
likely needs help to get useful output. But, some operators blame the
system not their own ineptitude.

Many participants in this newsgroup use EZNEC to get good results when
evaluating prospective antennas. I`m sure some blame the system when it
doesn`t produce the desired results. I`d call them Chinski-ites.

My 20th edition of "The ARRL Antenna Book" includes a CD-ROM of the
entire book. Chapter 8 is "Phased Array Techniques" , written by the
EZNEC man, Roy W. Lewallen, W7EL. It is full of practical information in
print for all to see and criticize. Last line in the book is: We would
appreciate any feedback or bug reports you might have.

If Art would subject his data to such scrutiny, he might get more cheers
and fewer jeers.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI