Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
>It does appear that a lot of work that is in paper and filed away is
>not making it to the easy medium of the searchable internet, and as
>such is effectively disappearing along with those who understood or
>created it at the time.
>
>73, Guy.
>
>
>
What you say is true, but I agree fully with Tom's comments on the
slovenly work coming out of the U of RI. The early claims were simply
ridiculous and unsubstantiated by mathematical analysis.
In the first place, any technical acedemic who is too lazy to search the
paper archives should probably find another vocation. More importantly,
the lack of easy access to some of the older studies is more than offset
by today's easy access to powerful modeling software. Even ten minutes
in front of a computer running almost any version of NEC will
demonstrate the near field strength parity of a 1/8 wave vertical versus
a full 1/4 wave when both are over a perfect ground. The Navy's test
results were a foregone conclusion and a big waste of somebody's time
and our money.
I can understand an individual like Vincent coming up with wild claims
for the publicity of it. I have a harder time understanding how a major
university goes along with it unless they simply don't know any better.
Dave AB7E
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