Cebik was one of the antenna greats. Co author of the ARRL antenna handbook for some time. And a lot of his work is preserved with free access (you need to create a login though) on the cebik.com web site.
If you are serious about antennas, this is a great site. 73, Jeff ACØC www.ac0c.com -----Original Message----- From: Julius Fazekas Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:45 AM To: W2PM Cc: Mike(W5UC) ; Guy Olinger K2AV ; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Counterpoise very interresting L. B. Cebik, W4RNL ~ 1939 - 2008 ~ SK as of April 2008 Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://k4tcg.org/ http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3/100 # ________________________________ From: W2PM <w...@aol.com> To: Julius Fazekas <phriend...@yahoo.com> Cc: Mike(W5UC) <w...@suddenlink.net>; Guy Olinger K2AV <olin...@bellsouth.net>; "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:07 AM Subject: Re: Topband: Counterpoise very interresting Who is LB?? Sent from my iPad On Nov 23, 2011, at 8:33, Julius Fazekas <phriend...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I attended a presentation LB gave to the ETDXA shortly before hi untimely > death. I found him engaging and informative. He was well > thought of in East Tennessee. > > > I have to say that when I became active again in 2003, I found his website > invaluable as a antenna resource. Some of the language > was repetitive, but the antennas built based on the articles were quite > effective. My 40m half square immediately comes to mind. > "Verticals without Vertigo" is still a favorite of mine. > > He did do antenna building/testing, but usually wire antennas and he enjoyed > PVC builds. Think it was more space limitations than > health issues. He was a great advocate of modelling. That, of course, is > still contentious to some schools of thought. > > As to gruff replies, ambiguous writings, dubious analysis, and such, I know > I've been guilty of that and experienced it from > others. With some, we managed to get over the hump and find common ground, > with others it hasn't happened yet. > > > I, for one, am thankful that folks like LB, Rudy, Jim, Tom and others share > and post useful information. They have helped me more > than hindered... > > Happy Thanksgiving to all and see you on the Top Band this weekend in CQ WW > DX! > > 73, > Julius > > > > Julius Fazekas > N2WN > > > Tennessee Contest Group > http://k4tcg.org/ > http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en > > > Tennessee QSO Party > http://www.tnqp.org/ > > > Elecraft K2 #4455 > Elecraft K3/100 #366 > Elecraft K3/100 # > > > ________________________________ > From: Guy Olinger K2AV <olin...@bellsouth.net> > To: Mike(W5UC) <w...@suddenlink.net> > Cc: topband@contesting.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:20 PM > Subject: Re: Topband: Counterpoise very interresting > > I found LB to be a little enigmatic. But so what? > > His forte' was modelling. He had all the professional licenses and > did commercial modeling for some number of customers, including a lot > of unheralded primary work for the well-regarded Force 12 antennas. He > did not do a lot of on-field verification himself, which would explain > why some fairly suspect material remains. I'm fairly sure he did not > have the health for the hard outdoor work that validation requires, > though he never complained. But all in all, I'm certainly better off > for him than without him. RIP, and let detractors look to their own > assumptions closets. I'm completely sure LB has far fewer detractors > than I do. I have a series of posts with him about the Wouff Houng > which I treasure. > > 73, Guy. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Mike(W5UC) <w...@suddenlink.net> wrote: >> On 11/22/2011 9:29 AM, DAVID CUTHBERT wrote: >>> L.B. was a professor of Philosophy and not a degreed engineer. >>> >>> Dave WX7G >>> On Nov 22, 2011 8:08 AM, "ZR"<z...@jeremy.mv.com> wrote: >>> >> I got into it with L. B. several years ago. He published something((I >> don't remember what) that was quite ambiguous, and I dropped him an >> e-mail asking him to be more specific. He replied by accusing me of >> being demanding. I found another source to reference in solving my >> problem and moved on. >> >> 73, >> Mike, W5UC >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK