Arrt,
I have repeatedly asked you to supply us with your original quote from
W8JI's page concerning a straight radiator is the best. Will you please do
so?
Now, there's an entire thread on this and no where any foundation.
Dale W4OP

On Sep 2, 2:01*pm, "Dale Parfitt" wrote:
Arrt,
I have repeatedly asked you to supply us with your original quote from
W8JI's page concerning a straight radiator is the best. Will you please do
so?
Now, there's an entire thread on this and no where any foundation.
Dale W4OP
And no real discussion here either! You did not contribute

Dale, you can cry and cry and moan as much as you want. I will not let
you bully me and I am not at your beck and call.
If you have a comment with respect to the advantages of a radiater
being straight or not then go ahead and speak .If you feel hurt send
an E mail to Tom. Failing that go to QRZ yourself where I told you to
go.
Sooner or later you will have to get up from your couch

Dale,
You should know better than that. Asking Art to prove something? You
gotta be kidding.
- 'Doc

On Sep 2, 6:24*pm, "'Doc" wrote:
Dale,
You should know better than that. *Asking Art to prove something? *You
gotta be kidding.
*- 'Doc

And why not? This is a discussion group. Any one can concur or
challenge
the statement. If I supply the proof of anything then silly attacks
begin
I can handle them but it does not improve on my knoweledge.
I will state right now that overall size or straightness of a radiator
is not
implied in Maxwell's laws in any way. So I would like to know where
that notion came from.
Is that so bad?
So Doctor, what have you got to offer regarding radiator straightness
as a person skilled in the art ?

On Sep 2, 7:54*pm, Art Unwin wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:24*pm, "'Doc" wrote:

Dale,
You should know better than that. *Asking Art to prove something? *You
gotta be kidding.
*- 'Doc

And why not? This is a discussion group. Any one can concur or
challenge
the statement. If I supply the proof of anything then silly attacks
begin
I can handle them but it does not improve on my knoweledge.
I will state right now that overall size or straightness of a radiator
is not
implied in Maxwell's laws in any way. So I would like to know where
that notion came from.
Is that so bad?
So Doctor, what have you got to offer regarding radiator straightness
as a person skilled in the art ?

Art, you already conceded to an exercise in futility that was a very
good example of a bent antenna in its worst case. You would think you
would have learned your lesson.

Jimmie

Dale Parfitt wrote:
I have repeatedly asked you to supply us with your original quote from
W8JI's page concerning a straight radiator is the best.

Quoting W8JI's web page:
"How do we make a small antenna as efficient as possible?"
"... we make the antenna as large and straight as possible in a line.
We don't fold, bend, zigzag, or curve the antenna especially in the
high current areas."

I don't know what the fuss is all about. Transmission line
currents don't radiate (much) because they are out of phase.

Random folding of an antenna more often than not introduces
transmission line currents into the antenna itself - not
good for radiation purposes.

Transmission line currents cause destructive interference -
that's good for transferring power from one place to another
but not good for radiating RF.

There are certain special-case antennas where folding occurs
without introducing destructive interference, e.g. a 1/2WL
folded dipole or a full-wave quad where the wires are a
large enough percentage of a wavelength apart so they don't
cause near-field destructive interference.

Hint: RF radiation cannot be understood without understanding
constructive and destructive interference in the near, medium,
and far fields.
--
73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:
There are certain special-case antennas where folding occurs
without introducing destructive interference, e.g. a 1/2WL
folded dipole or a full-wave quad where the wires are a

Cecil, you should know by now that a half wave dipole of any type
couldn't be all that efficient or effective. Art says so.

tom
K0TAR

tom wrote:
Cecil, you should know by now that a half wave dipole of any type
couldn't be all that efficient or effective. Art says so.

Art might be quick to point out that there is one
wavelength of wire in a 1/2WL folded dipole. :-)
--
73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, http://www.w5dxp.com

Art might be quick to point out that there is one
wavelength of wire in a 1/2WL folded dipole. :-)
_______________-

But does Art realize that a 1/2-wave dipole is a fractional wavelength
radiator that couldn't possibly have his definition of "equilibrium,"
yet it has the same measured pattern and gain as a 1/2-wave folded
dipole?

RF

On Sep 3, 9:13*am, Richard Fry wrote:
Art might be quick to point out that there is one
wavelength of wire in a 1/2WL folded dipole. :-)

_______________-

But does Art realize that a 1/2-wave dipole is a fractional wavelength
radiator that couldn't possibly have his definition of "equilibrium,"
yet it has the same measured pattern and gain as a 1/2-wave folded
dipole?

RF

Yes, that is correct, but the power used on a 1/2 wave dipole is half
that of a full wave.
A closely folded dipole radiates the same as a Quad . View Cebik's
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