L.B. was a professor of Philosophy and not a degreed engineer. Dave WX7G On Nov 22, 2011 8:08 AM, "ZR" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cebik tended to be pedantic. Heck, he was a > college professor- duh! He certainly knew his > stuff, but his views were not necessarily > global at all times. Perception colors our > understanding of the world. > > ** Thats an understatement. I consider him one of the more blatant > plaigarizers who knew a lot less about antennas as he misled many to > believe. > > I happend to be in a meeting with him in GA when the company team I was > with > were making a presentation. His body language and questions gave a strong > impression of a blowhard which was somewhat confirmed by the looks others > on > his side were giving him. The after the meeting discussions on my side were > rather emphatic about the above. > > Carl > KM1H > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:45 AM > Subject: Re: Topband: Counterpoise very interresting > > > > Cebik's paper on the counterpoise is interesting and > > perhaps useful, so far as it goes. I don't remember > > seeing any mention of voltage-fed antennas, however. > > If they are in that article, I missed them. > > > > Cebik mentions Woodrow Smith in connection with a > > 1948 antenna book. I don't know if this is the same > > 'Woody Smith', W6BCX, but I suspect it is. Woody > > Smith wrote an article in March 1948 CQ Magazine > > titled "Bet My Money on a Bobtail Beam." In that > > article, he is somewhat vague about the ground > > return for the center element, but is very clear > > that 'not much' of a ground is needed. In his > > Feb/Mar 1983 HR Mag. reprise of the Bobtail/Half > > Square antennas, he refers to the desirability of > > a 'ground screen', refraining from calling this > > small, rectangular grid a 'counterpoise'. But > > that's what it is, in today's usage. I called > > it that in my Bobtail pages, and will likely > > continue doing so. > > > > http://www.angelfire.com/md/k3ky/page49.html > > > > Moxon, G6XN also refers extensively to the > > counterpoise in his favored half wave vertical > > antennas, and in his case, is talking about a > > pretty tiny piece of metal indeed. See" > > "HF Antennas For All Locations." by G6XN. > > > > Cebik tended to be pedantic. Heck, he was a > > college professor- duh! He certainly knew his > > stuff, but his views were not necessarily > > global at all times. Perception colors our > > understanding of the world. > > > > Language is a living, growing thing. Cebik > > was probably right about the concept of the > > counterpoise having been 'muddied', but OTOH > > that horse is now long out of the barn. > > I very much doubt the word is going away any > > time soon, in ham 'circles'. Or squares or > > rectangles. Even elongated, skinny rectangles. > > > > I find K2AV's FCP (folded counterpoise) most > > intriguing, and I intend to give it a try here. > > My inverted L needs help. I am so over with > > crummy 'sparse radials'. What a waste. Also, > > I intend to shift more towards a longer L > > which more approximates voltage feed. Having > > a quarter wave L with the current point at > > ground level is just asking for poor > > performance IMO. > > > > 73, David K3KY > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4030 - Release Date: 11/21/11 > > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
