"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Reg Edwards wrote:
Yes, whatever the explanation, it's just a load of old wives' tales
and bafflegab.

Quoting from the article: "If Comet had claimed that the CHA-250B
was a world-beating miracle antenna, we would have blasted it with
both barrels. Comet doesn't make such claims, however. Comet's
literature merely states that the antenna will radiate a signal
and provide a low SWR on all bands without the use of radials.
In this respect, the CHA-250B performs as advertised. It is neither
a miracle nor a fraud." (The article says it's about equal to a
mobile whip antenna.)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


There is a sizable market for such an antenna.

Those living in dwellings with no possibility of running a dipole or a
ground plane antenna with radials would be glad to get on the air with this
antenna. Naturally, the higher the frequency, the better it will work.

As most of us know, when the higher frequencies are "open", it doesn't take
much antenna or power to work the world.