Hi Bill,
Don't be sucked in by this crap.......
> An article in the March 31, 1999 issue of Radio World newpaper
> (written for broadcast radio engineers) titled , "Is This AM Antenna
> for Real?" gives a look at a new patented "Crossed-Field Antenna."
> Maurice Hately, a college professor in Scotland, and his prior
> student, Fathl Kabbary, developed ths antenna. Their unusual design
> is based on the theory that a magnetic field can be produced without
> a current flow through a conductor.
This stuff all died a few years ago when it was thoroughly debunked
as pure fantasy.
It has recently been resurrected by a W5 who wrote an article on
some Internet Magazine called Antennas X.
This "thing" has been around in the early 80's, not one single
outsider has seen one work in a valid test.The theory is also
nonsense.
Near fields are a distance problem, NOT a field ratio problem. First
year Physics books tell the student that radiation comes from
charge acceleration, and not mixtures of how we quantify the
effects. It's like saying if we mix smoke and heat in a jar we make
a campfire in a bottle.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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