Cecil Moore wrote:

...
If the gain in the desired direction is unaffected
and the gain in the undesired direction is reduced,
what is the downside?

Cecil:

I didn't imply that there was not a desirable phenomenon occurring with
this antenna, just that the sheer idea of wasting any amount of rf in a
lossy component was repugnant to me ... and, if I were to run a vlf or
ulf xmitter, I'd probably have to reconsider and run one. These days it
is 80m for late night chats, and usually shf.

Regards,
JS