"Richard" wrote in message
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"Tam/WB2TT" wrote in message
...
Richard,

Why don't you go to the web site you referenced, and click on "Ask
seller
a
question", or doesn't he know? I did not read the whole thing. With the
loading coils, it might be an 11 meter antenna.


The seller does not know.

Funny, but figuring out what frequency an antenna might be for, even with
the physical and electrical parameters spelled out must be more difficult
than I imagined. I'm really surprised that after giving these details
lower
down in the thread, the antenna cannot be figured. I'm gobsmacked.


It can be figured out, but it is a lot of work. If you have the actual
antenna, I would measure the SWR at some frequencies, starting at 10 or 11
meters. Of course, if you have access to an MFJ Antenna analyzer, you are in
luck.

Tam/WB2TT

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 12:58:41 -0000, "Richard"
wrote:
I'm really surprised that after giving these details lower
down in the thread, the antenna cannot be figured. I'm gobsmacked.

Hi Richard,

You would be even more so if you had sat through a cycle of
correspondence of trying to make sense of the Patent for that same
antenna. We get a lot of that too, and at that point, some may
respond briefly because Patents don't have to make sense. Would you
care to delve into the mysteries of a Faster than Light antenna? Just
needs magnets in the right place (or was that for better gas
mileage?). Some details just don't add up to better understanding.

We even get Patent holders who come here to proclaim their latest
invention, and then ask us how it works - or worse, proclaim it does
work and it is our bound obligation and duty to prove it.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Clark wrote:
"---patents don`t have to make sense."

A search to show the patent application is for something not already
patented is, I think, a part of the process.

This patent search may favor the impractical to the extent that sane
knowing people choose not to pursue the impractical, so no prior patent
may be found.

The patent office may issue a patent for a Yagi / Uda antenna in which
the director is longer than the driven element and the reflector is
shorter than the driven element.

Many patents either don`t work as claimed or have such limited utility
that they aren`t imitated.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

"Richard" wrote in message
- Is it either an
AM or FM outdoor antennna? Or both?



Both.