Dear "Jeff" (no call sign):

Please read and study an antenna text such as Kraus' third edition of
Antennas. His first edition (published in 1950) is also an excellent
reference for this issue. The terms you use have been well defined for many
decades. Only patent attorneys are entitled to define word meanings that
differ from convention - and then only in a patent application. Words have
meanings.

Regards, Mac N8TT

"J. Mc Laughlin" wrote

Words have meanings.

Not always the *same* meanings to each of us, and it would seem pretty arrogant
to for one to presume that only *their* meaning is correct.

I'm reminded of a passage by Lewis J. Carroll......

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means
just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many
different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'

73, de Hans, K0HB
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