[Elecraft] cobweb antenna

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> I was only saying that the near field component can make the total
> interaction significantly different.

That is not the point here ... whether the antenna is an electric or
magnetic radiator, it *will* interact with items in the near field.
*Further* the cobweb is an electric radiator just like any other
dipole or yagi and will interact with its environment in the same
way as any other *reduced size* antenna.

Again, the folding may result in some field cancellation in the
immediate environment but that is nothing more than a symptom of
*reduced efficiency* just like *any other reduced size antenna.*

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 6/1/2013 5:41 PM, David Woolley wrote:
> Actually, you have confirmed my point by showing that, in the near
> field, magnetic loops and electric dipoles interact very differently,
> thus may have rather different EMC behaviour.  I was not disputing that
> the far field component interacts at short distances.  I was only saying
> that the near field component can make the total interaction
> significantly different.
>