"Art Unwin" wrote in message
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Tom, W8ji apparently is an expert with antennas having lectured
at Dayton and has authored many technical articles around antennas,
states that radiators must be straight for maximum efficiency,
apparently

Art,
The only place I have ever read that on Tom's site is related to Beverage
antennas- the statement is true, and for obvious (to most of us) reasons.

Dale W4OP