Off top my head, it would seem the slant wire would work to create a directional effect of one sort or other, depending on the specifics, but I have no clue why the FCC dissed that one. They usually attach some technical explanation to rulings. You have access to the specific proceedings? I could come up with a dozen speculations about it, but that's all they'd be.
-- Guy. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Herb Schoenbohm <he...@vitelcom.net> wrote: > On 2/10/2012 5:03 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > > The 120 comes from the watershed 1937 Brown Lewis and Eppstein study now > > found in the IEEE journals. There were distinct characteristics to 120 > > times 0.4 wl (actually 115) that improved results even vs. 60. > > > > That a deficient radial system on one side has any significant reduction > in > > that direction alone VS THE OTHER DIRECTIONS is a fairly well debunked > > idea. That the missing radials reduce radiation in all directions, due > to > > diminished efficiency, is not disputed. > > > > 73, Guy. > > > Guy, > > What about the slant wire cause at least some directive component in the > direction of the slant wire? > > > Herb, KV4FZ > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK