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June 5th 04, 03:42 PM
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URI physics employee invents new antenna technology
Media Contact: Jan Wenzel, 401-874-2116
KINGSTON, R.I. -- June 2, 2004 -- Rob Vincent, an employee in the University of
Rhode Island’s Physics Department, proves the adage that necessity is the
mother of invention.
An amateur radio operator since he was 14...(SNIP)
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Guess we can forget the "Hams don't contibute to the "advancement of the
radio art" rant...Eh...?!?!
It's another "crossed fields antenna" type heap of nonsense which
defies both Physics 101 and common sense.
Maybe - or maybe not.
Fact is that without more info we're not in a position to judge the
thing one way or another. Maybe it's a breakthrough, maybe it's one of
things that is great in theory but totally impractical, or maybe it's
a dud. Without more info, any judgement is just raw speculation. And
since a patent application is involved we're not going to see much
real data for a while anyway.
One point to watch for, though: What matters in practical antennas is
the performance of the entire antenna system, not just the antenna
itself. For example, a short (in terms of wavelength) whip antenna can
be quite efficient - it's the matching network and ground system
losses that reduce antenna system efficiency, and bandwidth, to low
numbers.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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