On Jun 29, 11:47 am, (Dave Platt) wrote:
First of all Felix has placed his project into such a 'top secret'
status that even the contract to which one agrees is secret until
after it is agreed to.

I think it's very questionable whether any such "secret contract"
would be enforceable, at least here in the U.S.

One of the crucial elements in a contract is the "meeting of the
minds". That is, the parties who are taking part in the contract must
be in agreement as to what it is that is being agreed to.

Terms which are kept secret from one party to the contract until after
the contract was signed would almost certainly be held to be invalid
and unenforceable.

Felix *could* have a legal and binding contract with buyers of his
antenna which has strict terms that require nondisclosure, forbid
reverse engineering, or insist that buyers do The Dance in public on
alternate Thursdays. However, in order to be enforceable, all of the
terms have to be presented to the buyer *before* the contract is
agreed to.

--
Dave Platt AE6EO
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I totally agree.He really should supply a graph of frequency versus
SWR then buyers would know what they are getting.
Hams are not interested in how it works on ly the extent of
frequencies and the external size of the antenna
Isn't this what Rhode Island did. Now if the wire is one wavelength
such that radiation cannot occur from the feed line that would be a
welcome addition.Albiet a balanced to unbanced windings would be handy
for when coax is used.
Either way the antenna seems awefull long compared to what it could
be.
Art

"Art Unwin" wrote in message
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On Jun 29, 11:47 am, (Dave Platt) wrote:
First of all Felix has placed his project into such a 'top secret'
status that even the contract to which one agrees is secret until
after it is agreed to.

I think it's very questionable whether any such "secret contract"
would be enforceable, at least here in the U.S.

One of the crucial elements in a contract is the "meeting of the
minds". That is, the parties who are taking part in the contract must
be in agreement as to what it is that is being agreed to.

Terms which are kept secret from one party to the contract until after
the contract was signed would almost certainly be held to be invalid
and unenforceable.

Felix *could* have a legal and binding contract with buyers of his
antenna which has strict terms that require nondisclosure, forbid
reverse engineering, or insist that buyers do The Dance in public on
alternate Thursdays. However, in order to be enforceable, all of the
terms have to be presented to the buyer *before* the contract is
agreed to.

--
Dave Platt AE6EO
Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior
I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!

I totally agree.He really should supply a graph of frequency versus
SWR then buyers would know what they are getting.

Art

the only time a graph of swr vs frequency is important is for a dummy load.
it is not a measure of antenna performance.

On Jun 29, 2:14 pm, Art Unwin wrote:
On Jun 29, 11:47 am, (Dave Platt) wrote:



First of all Felix has placed his project into such a 'top secret'
status that even the contract to which one agrees is secret until
after it is agreed to.

I think it's very questionable whether any such "secret contract"
would be enforceable, at least here in the U.S.

One of the crucial elements in a contract is the "meeting of the
minds". That is, the parties who are taking part in the contract must
be in agreement as to what it is that is being agreed to.

Terms which are kept secret from one party to the contract until after
the contract was signed would almost certainly be held to be invalid
and unenforceable.

Felix *could* have a legal and binding contract with buyers of his
antenna which has strict terms that require nondisclosure, forbid
reverse engineering, or insist that buyers do The Dance in public on
alternate Thursdays. However, in order to be enforceable, all of the
terms have to be presented to the buyer *before* the contract is
agreed to.

--
Dave Platt AE6EO
Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior
I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!

I totally agree.He really should supply a graph of frequency versus
SWR then buyers would know what they are getting.

Boy, that would really tell a buyer all he needs to know about
the antenna/dummy load in question.. :/

Hams are not interested in how it works on ly the extent of
frequencies and the external size of the antenna

Hummm.. This is an interesting comment from a person who
tries to build the smallest antennas he can, and constantly
harps on the perceived wide bandwidth of said devices.. :/

Isn't this what Rhode Island did.

How did Rhode Island get involved?
Yes, Rhode Island is a small state. You could even call it puny
compared to the one I live in, but I think they do have enough
room for a full size dipole or loop.. :/
Maybe even a beverage or two..

Now if the wire is one wavelength
such that radiation cannot occur from the feed line that would be a
welcome addition.

Prey tell.. How will the use of a 1 wavelength element eliminate
feed line radiation?

Albiet a balanced to unbanced windings would be handy
for when coax is used.

Prey tell why? Would the omission of balanced to unbalanced
windings lead to a disturbance in the force?
How would you explain the obvious success of decoupled verticals
using no "windings" at all?

Either way the antenna seems awefull long compared to what it could
be.

He may be trying to avoid dummy load performance from a device
intended to radiate.
I'm sure he'll be happy to let you corner the market in that respect
to avoid any future patent infringements.