Jan,
Very simply, they don't work worth a 'hoot'. If
you lack antenna space a 'fractal' antenna is not
the solution. Sorry...
'Doc

'Doc wrote in message ...
Jan,
Very simply, they don't work worth a 'hoot'. If
you lack antenna space a 'fractal' antenna is not
the solution. Sorry...
'Doc

I wouldn't invest in an Isotron, either.

Here is a link to some practical advice - -

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/nooct97.htm


Speaking of "frac" tennas, here is a recent paper on the subject of
small antenna technology, which does not mention fractals (what
happened to that "Disruptive Technology" - - did the "paradigm shift"
again?)

(Looong url)

http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~durgin/...r%20Better.pdf

'Doc wrote:
Very simply, they don't work worth a 'hoot'. If
you lack antenna space a 'fractal' antenna is not
the solution. Sorry...

As Richard Harrison pointed out, a log-periodic is
a fractal antenna, by definition.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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Cecil,
And as you know, that wasn't exactly what he asked
about. Was it?
'Doc