Richard Clark wrote:



The gap, the short, and the shield all lend the aura of "magic" to an
otherwise conventional loop.

One of the first things I learned in my RF education is that a
gap does not necessarily stop the flow of RF, and neither does
a short! The mysteries of shielding I am still learning about.

I thought I had it all nicely sorted out, and then along came
the Fractal antenna! :-)

Irv VE6BP