Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20205 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2002 09:49:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 30 Jan 2002 09:49:24 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: (qmail 19161 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2002 09:49:25 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 30 Jan 2002 09:49:25 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16VrHo-0004j5-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:44:12 +0000 Received: from bob.dera.gov.uk ([192.5.29.90]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16VrHn-0004j0-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:44:12 +0000 Received: by bob.dera.gov.uk; (8.8.8/1.3/10May95) id JAA20432; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:53:22 GMT Received: (qmail 12714 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2002 10:31:38 -0000 Received: from gauntlet.mail.dstl.gov.uk (192.168.9.10) by baton.dstl.gov.uk with SMTP; 30 Jan 2002 10:31:38 -0000 Received: by gauntlet.mail.dstl.gov.uk; id JAA00278; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:59:58 GMT Received: from unknown(172.17.128.171) by gauntlet.mail.dstl.gov.uk via smap (3.2) id xma000265; Wed, 30 Jan 02 09:59:30 GMT Received: from FRN-MAIL-R3.dstl.gov.uk (unverified) by mailguard.dstl.gov.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.1.5) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:49:53 +0000 Received: by frn-mail-r3.dstl.gov.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:42:51 -0000 Message-ID: <7D653C9C42F5D411A27C00508BF8803DCB998A@pdw-mail-r1.dstl.gov.uk> From: "Talbot Andrew" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: EH Antenna Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:42:45 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: That just about sums it up. A short fat monopole will give the sort of performance of a ....well... a short fat monopole ! Better than a short thin one, but still not very good. I am always unconvinced when someone comes along and claims to have reinvented or bettered something that has worked for years - simply by juggling a few equations. Could be skeptical and say it is because they don't actually understand the real underlying theory, just the sqiggly maths (*) behind it, but that would be very rude so I won't :-( Andy 'JNT ps. Squiggly Maths was a term coined by someone at work here to describe the contents of the average communications theory text book, or any other subject for that matter. Full of curved lines, curly brackets, Greek letters and little realism. ----------- >Apart from that I have serious doubts that a EH antenna works the way the >inventors claim (combining separately generated E and H fields to a >'radiating' EH field). Maybe it no more than a very funny looking short and >fat monopole. >73, Rik ON7YD -- The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful.