If a yagi reflector, reflects nothing, what would account for the forward
gain of only a driven element and a "non-reflector?"

I am not asking to be a smartass, but looking for some evidence of the
ethers properties... (some might say I am looking for aliens? grin)

Warmest regards,
John
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Sit down the six-pack!!! STEP AWAY!!! ...and go do something...

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| 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
| ...
| 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
|
|