[TowerTalk] Trapped Antenna in the "formal" literature?

[Billy Cox]

Hey Jim,

As a young kid, wanting to be a ham, I would study
the various ARRL Antenna books (different editions)
about the DZZ antenna, often the W3DZZ, or 3DZZ ...

Here's an APA type cite that might be a start for 
what you seek?

Paget, L. (2006). Antenna Workshop-Len Paget GM0ONX explores the W3DZZ and says that it's a trapped multi-band antenna that shouldn't be discounted. Practical Wireless, 82(4), 32-35.

And another link (not APA or peer reviewed that provides
a bit more information on W3DZZ himself ... note the link
to a tribute by W8SU with specific details of interest?

http://hamgallery.com/Tribute/W3DZZ/

Hope this helps!

73 Billy, AA4NU






> On 01/08/2024 11:06 PM GMT Jim Lux <jim at luxfamily.com> wrote:
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> I'm looking for a paper reference to basic trapped antenna design and performance, preferably in something like an IRE or AIEE journal (I'm sure it's pre-IEEE). 
> 
> I'm writing a paper and I make a reference to "yeah, you could do this with traps, but here's a different way" and a reviewer (who is obviously not a ham) said "what's a trapped antenna".  And rather than write paragraphs about L/C resonant circuits and how they work in an antenna, I'd like to just say:
> 
> Trapped antennas as described by [Maxwell, 1862, Rayleigh, 1903, and Pocklington, 1897] were explored, but suitable trap configurations could not be found. 
> 
> (Obviously, Maxwell, Rayleigh, and Pocklington didn't talk about trapped antennas)
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