Some time back there was an article in QST about Fractal Antennas and I believe they used one on 10 meters. So far, searches find listings, but the pages have been blank. They'd be a limited space an
Limited commercial viability (e.g. no big advantage over other shortened antenna designs, so a lot more marketing sizzle than steak) and a patent owner (Nathan Cohen) rumored to be litigious to boot.
Reminds me of the Cuk inductorless switching power supply. It certainly represented out of the box thinking and maybe had some advantages over other supplies in certain applications. However, it was
Kinda like the Sylvania? Loctal (sp?) socket. Wikipeda managed to get the information on the Loctal messed up. It was a good socket, and generally well liked, but Sylvania was pretty tight with their
It seems like I remember some one creating quite a hassle on one of the reflectors a few years ago about the fractal design with at least one (or more) participant being invited to leave. The litigio
Hi Roger, Just pouring over unread messages. Got behind. Chip Cohen owns Fractal Systems (near Boston) and they are not in the ham market. They do commercial designs (mostly custom) like cell phones