Dave wrote:

wow! exciting to finally see it in print! i already have the perfect
name for it... the "pickup stick antenna"... or what is that asian
fortune telling stick thing... google to the rescue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau_cim the "Kau cim antenna" gives it a
more authoritative sound, maybe that would be better... throw some
sticks in a can and design a new antenna!

Interesting! And from the verbiage -

"The Yagi antenna has a plethora of detuned elements compared to the
driven element which is always resonant".

Funny, every yagi I've designed and built has a driven element which is
NOT resonant. It has a non-resonant element and a matching network of
one sort or other, which is entirely different than being resonant. And
strangely enough, is high 90's efficient. Which Art claims isn't possible.

tom
K0TAR