Exactly Gene.
This is why the thread asked for a "definition" first for director and
reflector.
As you are probably aware a yagi reflector does not reflect anything.
Some would say that a dish "reflects but not a element.
I am still a bit gun shy after the last episode where TOA was not
defined in the IEEE dictionary thus many feined knowledge on the subject.
I suspect tho that the nomenclature started with the Yagi and then
spread to other array design descriptions.
If however a Yagi reflector does actually "reflect" then your scolding
is correctly directed at me.Perhaps we should first look in a dictionary
for the word "reflector"
Regards
Art

"Gene Fuller" wrote in message
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Art,

Think again about what you wrote.

"I have oft times changed a single element into two closely coupled
elements and where one is short and one is long relative to a driven
element."

Why would you mis-attribute your application of standard terminology to a
new experimental situation as a "poor translation"?

The appropriate terminology for the various elements is generally pretty
clear from the physical design and performance of a Yagi antenna. When
your experiments go beyond the original design you are on your own.

73,
Gene
W4SZ


wrote:
Seems to me Cecil that the terms "Reflector" and
"Director" are very poor words to describe antenna
elements for an HF array .
I have oft times changed a single element into two
closely coupled elements and where one is short
and one is long relative to a driven element
I wonder who was the first to assign these terms
Or was it a poor translation from Japanese ( Uda and Yagi) ?
Regards
Art