Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20690 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2000 17:49:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 10 Dec 2000 17:49:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 20384 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2000 17:52:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 10 Dec 2000 17:52:35 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 145AZS-0002lA-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:47:34 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from smtppop3pub.gte.net ([206.46.170.22] helo=smtppop3pub.verizon.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 145AZQ-0002l2-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:47:33 +0000 Received: from smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net [199.45.39.156]) by smtppop3pub.verizon.net with ESMTP ; id LAA73135104 Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:42:35 -0600 (CST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from bellatlantic.net (client-151-200-117-88.bellatlantic.net [151.200.117.88]) by smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA11210; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:46:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3A33C181.AC1383AD@bellatlantic.net> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:46:41 -0500 From: "Andre' Kesteloot" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD47 (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Cc: john.belrose@crc.ca Subject: Re: LF: CFA Antennas References: <1834.200012091431@gemini> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: James Moritz wrote: > Dear Martin and LF Group, [...] > Unfortunately, the CFA seems to have got surrounded by a lot of > "pseudoscientific" hype, so it is difficult to tell serious information > about it from the junk. > > Cheers, Jim Moritz > 73 de M0BMU Hello Friends, John Belrose (Communications Research Centre, Ottawa) presented a paper at the Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation Davos Switzerland, 9-14 April 2000, entitled "The Crossed Field Antenna - Analyzed by Simulation and Experiment" in which he describes a numerical simulation and some experiments he conducted on 3657 KHz. His conclusions are essentially that "the CFA is a very inefficient radiator" and that "the excellent operational performance claimed by the inventors of the CFA is an enigma." see also http://members.home.net/propagation/cfa2.rtf 73 Andre' N4ICK