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[TowerTalk] Gap and EH Antennas

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Gap and EH Antennas
From: k1ttt@arrl.net (David Robbins K1TTT)
Date: Sun May 18 12:09:38 2003
> 
> If, as I suspect, the "EH" antenna of which you speak is the infamous
> crossed-field antenna, or "CFA", be warned that at best it's a big
> mistake, and at worst it's a hoax.  The feedline to a CFA does most
> of the radiating, not the putative antenna.  IMO, some CFA proponents
> are out-and-out crooks, but most are innocently mistaken.

The cfa and eh are different, but your description applies to both.


David Robbins K1TTT
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