On 20 Jun, 16:32, John Smith I wrote:
Jim Lux wrote:

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I see!

So now, old Rob-boy has not only whamboozled a whole bunch of Phd's and
physics personnel at URI, he how as a "bunch" of hams from arrlri.org to
carve notches on his pistol grips for ... interesting, the only hams
able to see though his sham are here ... or else, the reverse is true!

As my buddy Arnie would say, "Enteresting, veeerrry enteresting ... "

JS

I see that Chip of Fractenna stated that he no longer had any
"scientific
interest" in the antenna after talking at length with the inventor.
Chip is open minded so I am inclined to believe that it does not
increase the state of the art with respect to antennas. The point
is well taken that antennas can achieve great heights of achievements
with respect to radiation but it is quite rare to achieve ALL
desirables at the same time. I believe the ARRL optimised antenna
that I compared my antenna with is a typical example of this and
emphasises where my antenna shined. As far as antennas for amateur
radio
I really don't think there is a market for antennas other than the IR
antenna I went to a couple of ham fests last year and they closed
early
because of the lack of buyers. I suppose ham radio reflects the
veterans
of WW2 where many of those who were doers are gradually dying off
leaving former CBers in the majority.
Regards
Art
Regards
Art