Ken Brown wrote:
> > But the Kinstar patent changes all the rules.
> Excuse me, no offense intended, but THE RULES NEVER CHANGE. This is
> physics. Sometimes we discover that what we thought were the rules need
> some refinement. The Kinstar design just applies the rules differently
> to some advantage. The notion that the rules have changed is what is so
> often claimed by antenna marketeers, and unfortunately many hams fall
> for it. The laws of physics are solid.
Just had a quick look at
http://www.kintronic.com/site/techpapers/KTL_NAB_Paper.pdf
Must admit that I failed to see anything new,
let alone revolutionary in the design shown on Figure 1.
I can only see the good old shortened vertical
with four top loading wires. The fact that the vertical
section is split into four vertical wires spaced
radially 5 feet from the center and carrying one qurter
of the total current changes almost nothing.
Current distribution remains the same,
along with radiation pattern, efficiency, etc.
73,
Sinisa YT1NT, VE3EA
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