TopBand: verticals

[Roy Morgan]

At 11:57 AM 8/14/97 +0100, Peter Chadwick wrote:
>>This is a long-held fallacy--that the higher impedance of the folded
>>unipole reduces the ground losses.  
...
>Amongst professional antenna designers, I can find about a 50-50 split 
...
>I always felt that I never could understand radio - how I've made a
>living at it for over 30 years I don't know! 

This reminds me of a motto we had at MIT:

When all the theories fail, you have to rely on being very smart.


Keep em Glowing!
Roy, K1LKY since 1959

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