Re: [TowerTalk] Magic?

[Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>]

At 10:01 PM 6/8/2004, WarrenWolff@aol.com wrote:

> All  of this banter reminds me of an old study we USAF
> guys paid for at Syracuse University years ago.  It was
> about a principle called the "Chu Limit".  Mathematically,
> we reverified that within a confined volume there was a
> limit to what one could do with an antenna.
>
> New configurations, yes.  Significant improvement in
> performance, I would vote, "NO".

 Googling "Chu Limit" produced a lot of interesting references, for those 
who are interested.  Several, at least, seem to be from serious, 
peer-reviewed journals.  To my non-scientific eye, they tend to support 
TANSTAAFL.


73, Pete N4ZR
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