On 21 Apr 2007 19:40:35 -0700, art wrote:

However it is my understanding
that at that time he was residing in Italy and was more interested in
other things.

Hi Art,

An Italian by the name of Marconi was interested in exactly those kind
of things. Other Italians by the Bellini and Tosi designed sloping
elements fed by what by description would be called a goniometer. By
adjusting the coupling of coils they could send/receive signals at any
angle. This was all going on nearly 100 years ago.

Coils, Gauss. Sloping elements, clusters. Any angle, through
coupling. Sound familiar?

somebody should come forward and share with all exactly
where this application to antennas was reviewed in print or the IEEE
or equivalent so that we can all benefit from this peer review.

There was no such thing as the IEEE back then. Before the IEEE it was
the IRE. There was no such thing as the IRE back then either. Before
the IRE there were Ham magazines. There was no such thing as Ham
radio back then either. Marconi won the Nobel prize in Physics for
this 98 years ago. His peers were Nobel Laureates. You want
publications? Try the Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier
Publishing Company, Amsterdam. If you can read Italian, then Bellini
and Tosi's work is available there too. English translations abound
on the Internet.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC