[Lowfer] Henf / GAP antenna

[Tom Rauch]

> Oops!  Forgot to mentoion that the GAP Super C antenna is the same as
> the one shown in the Henf patent at
> http://home.att.net/~shmrg/HenfCFA.zip

We can patent anything these days, including things that won't 
work as claimed. We can't get radiation from the electric or 
magnetic induction fields, no matter how we mix them. That's true 
for transmitting and receiving.

Behind every last bit of radiation or receiving at a distance is 
charge acceleration, which ties directly to ampere / feet of the 
antenna. That's why short verticals have more current for the same 
power, and why the people working for maximum current over the 
length of the conductor in a short vertical are doing it right (and 
have been for years).

The losses in any antenna are tied to normal dielectric and I sqrd R 
losses in the loading system, conductors, and earth...and there is 
no way around it except capacitance hats, high Q coils, bid 
antennas, and large ground systems.

There isn't any free lunch or magic bullet, although I sure wish 
there was.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com