Is what you are referring to what they call the "plastic antenna" in the
article linked in the OP?
Is this the antenna:
http://tinyurl.com/jcc24dd
(From http://tinyurl.com/hoequ7l)
73,
--Alex KR1ST
On 2016-09-22 07:58, JW via RFI wrote:
Ah. The well-known (among some of us) G-Line or Goubau line
single-wire transmission line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goubau_line
The secret is a thin layer of dielectric on the surface of a conductor
(yielding a slower-than-light propagation velocity CLOSE to the wire)
and the RF energy is then 'loaded' onto the wire via "launchers" (coax
to horn transitions basically) on each end.
Think groundwave propagation close to the earth on the lower frequency
bands.
Something old is "new all over again."
Jim WB5WPA
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