[TowerTalk] New antenna?

[Leeson]

For a detailed history, see for example "Yagi-Uda antenna," 
https://www.academia.edu/24711173/Yagi_Uda_antenna

There are many references linked in "Yagi-Uda antenna," 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi%E2%80%93Uda_antenna

See also https://www.dxzone.com/the-true-story-of-yagi-antenna/

I treasure my physical copy of the book, S. Uda and Y. Mushiake (1954). 
"Yagi-Uda Antenna," Sendai, Japan:, 
http://www.sm.rim.or.jp/~ymushiak/sub.yubook.htm

 From my 1992 book on Yagi design, 
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j7kkt63nyyh2pag0g9avj/Physical-Design-Of-Yagi-Antennas-D-B-Leeson-V2.pdf, 
pp. 1-3 and 1-4, linked at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-6002:

"Sec 1.5 Yagi-Uda. In his recently republished classic book on antenna 
design [7], John Kraus, W8JK, relates the early history of the Yagi-Uda 
antenna. Shintaro Uda, then an assistant professor, published a series 
of articles beginning in 1926 describing novel array antennas with 
parasitic reflector and directors [8]. Hidetsugu Yagi, professor of 
engineering and a recipient of a grant which supported the research done 
by Uda with Yagi's collaboration, toured the United States in 1928 to 
present talks on the antenna design in New York, Washington and Hartford.

In his 1928 article on the parasitic antenna [9], Yagi noted that Uda 
had already published a number of papers on the antenna. Although Yagi 
apparently acknowledged that Uda's ingenuity was key to its development, 
the antenna has, since that time, been called a "Yagi." Although it 
seems impossible to reverse the practice of more than half a century, it 
is appropriate to note the role of Uda in the development of the antenna 
that is the subject of this book."

I always cautioned my students to be sure to publish before their 
professor does, but also to be aware that prior publishing precludes 
patenting.

Dave, W6NL/HC8L

On 4/1/26 5:37 AM, john simmons wrote:
> Thanks for your comment, Brian!
> 
> Isn't it a shame that Uda, the fellow that did all the work, never gets
> his name mentioned when we talk about that type of antenna. <sigh>
> 
> -John