Art Unwin wrote:
"As far as I am concerned you do not have the faintest idea what my
antenna consists of ...or,,you don`t know what you are talking about."

How does Art`s antenna differ from Fig 10(A) on page 26-9 of the 19th
edition of the ARRL Antenna Book?. In that figure, the input of the "T"
is inductive until the series capacitance brings it into resonance.

The tuning section of Fig 10(A) forms a small loop. See Fig 4 on page
5-3 of the same Antenna Book for the small loop radiation pattern. Also,
see Fig 12 on page 2-8 for the dipole radiation pattern. Note that lobes
are perpendicular to the wire and plane of the dipole, and perpendicular
to the axis of the small loop. There are nulls perpendicular to the wire
and plane of the loop.

The loop`s null can`t help the dipole`s lobe. It can`t hurt it either,
other than by radiating some energy that might otherwise have gone into
the dipole. As the loop is small ( 0.1 lambda is one definition), its
contribution to radiation may be small. As the loop size grows, so will
its radiation, and its null will decline.

How does Art`s antenna differ from a T-matched dipole?

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI