"Fractenna" wrote in message
...

I am confused: are you saying that my comments contain errors? If so, what
is
incorrect?:-)

Yes; OSU masters students in antennas are very good. I have one working
for me
right now.

73,
Chip N1IR


No, Chip.

I do not see any errors in your comments.

What I was saying was that building such a system as originally described is
a daunting task. There are many problems to overcome, one of which is
getting an antenna to work over a 25: 1 bandwidth with reasonably constant
performance. Another is that the pattern of the array will change
tremendously over the same bandwidth, but this can be "fixed" by using only
part of the array at higher frequencies.

Maybe that is why it was "broke up"? Also keep in mind the reputation of
news outlets as to technical accuracy.


My Maser's wasn't so much in antennas (although I did do a bunch of research
to identify the problems and propose solutions), but more at the systems
level to show how digital signal processing can be used to solve previously
"impossible" problems. I recall that at the time the experts in Radio
Astronomy thought the idea wouldn't work at all.
--
Jim
N8EE--

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