gareth wrote:

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Indeed, but where I came in was to promote discussion as to whether that
inefficiency of short antennae was in some way due to the need for coupling
into the Universe around the antenna, perhaps a "twist" of the electric
field
being necessary. Such a twist will be there if there is a half-wave at any
time on the antenna,
but it would be much smaller if only a fraction of a half-wave were there,
as the difference
in field to give that twist can only be much smaller.

It was a genuine attempt at discussion but was met by tirades of abuse from
American rednecks.

It was met with the derision that such babbling nonsense deserves.



--
Jim Pennino