[RFI] Air Gig?

[Alex]

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
>