Topband: Crossed Field Antenna

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

 From Wikip[edia - "A *crossed field antenna*, or CFA, is a 
controversial type of radio antenna 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_%28radio%29> for long 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave> and mediumwave 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediumwave> broadcasting 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting>, patented by F. M. Kabbary 
and M. C. Hately in 1986, which was claimed to have the same efficiency 
as a conventional antenna but only one-tenth the overall height. The 
invention was received with incredulity from experts in electromagnetics 
and antenna technology owing to the deficient theoretical justifications 
offered and the lack of viable experimental verification.^[1] 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossed_field_antenna#cite_note-Hansen-1> 
Although the antenna was installed in a few broadcasting stations in the 
1990s, performance has not borne out the claims of the inventors."

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/9/2014 9:28 PM, Michael St. Angelo wrote:
> It's been quiet on this group.
>
> The April 9th issue of Radio World Magazine has an article about the Crossed
> field Antenna.
>
> An company, Crossed Field Antennas LTD, Has filed a comment with the FCC
> espousing its advantages:
>
> <http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=6017582994>
>
> This should rustle you from you winter doldrums..
>
> 73,
>
> Mike N2MS
>
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