Dick died on August 16th in his house near Carcassonne (South) of France.
Dick, well known in the HAM community, was the creator in the fifties of the
MINIBEAM and, since, of several innovative antenna designs such as the
BIRD'S CAGE, the BOW & ARROW (or Jungle Job ) beam....
He was living in France since 1999 using the call F6IDC until 2001.

We will miss him.

F8ND

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:20:12 +0200, "JC" wrote:

Dick died on August 16th in his house near Carcassonne (South) of France.
Dick, well known in the HAM community, was the creator in the fifties of the
MINIBEAM and, since, of several innovative antenna designs such as the
BIRD'S CAGE, the BOW & ARROW (or Jungle Job ) beam....
He was living in France since 1999 using the call F6IDC until 2001.

We will miss him.

F8ND

Wih all due respect to Dick Bird, isn't 'South of France' in the
Mediterranean?

Walt, W2DU

Sorry my message was not clear enough: Carcassonne is a city in the southern
part of France and not in the Mediterranean sea !
We use to say in French "au sud de la France" which means " in the southern
part of the country" and not "south of the french territory".
F8ND

"Walter Maxwell" a écrit dans le message de news:
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:20:12 +0200, "JC" wrote:

Dick died on August 16th in his house near Carcassonne (South) of France.
Dick, well known in the HAM community, was the creator in the fifties of
the
MINIBEAM and, since, of several innovative antenna designs such as the
BIRD'S CAGE, the BOW & ARROW (or Jungle Job ) beam....
He was living in France since 1999 using the call F6IDC until 2001.

We will miss him.

F8ND

Wih all due respect to Dick Bird, isn't 'South of France' in the
Mediterranean?

Walt, W2DU

Your message was plenty clear, JC, I was just trying to be funny.
But I do respect Dick Bird, he made great contributions to the field
of dx antennas.

Walt

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:35:41 +0200, "JC" wrote:

Sorry my message was not clear enough: Carcassonne is a city in the southern
part of France and not in the Mediterranean sea !
We use to say in French "au sud de la France" which means " in the southern
part of the country" and not "south of the french territory".
F8ND

"Walter Maxwell" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:20:12 +0200, "JC" wrote:

Dick died on August 16th in his house near Carcassonne (South) of France.
Dick, well known in the HAM community, was the creator in the fifties of
the
MINIBEAM and, since, of several innovative antenna designs such as the
BIRD'S CAGE, the BOW & ARROW (or Jungle Job ) beam....
He was living in France since 1999 using the call F6IDC until 2001.

We will miss him.

F8ND

Wih all due respect to Dick Bird, isn't 'South of France' in the
Mediterranean?

Walt, W2DU

Le Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:38:15 -0400, Walter Maxwell a
écrit :

[...]
Wih all due respect to Dick Bird, isn't 'South of France' in the
Mediterranean?

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(F8ND)
[...]

Your message was plenty clear, JC, I was just trying to be funny.

I suspect Walt to be well aware of mediterranean part of France and of
the reputation of mediterranean guys, including about antenna
performances they claim. ;-)

I must suppose that gain antennas is eventually varying with latitude,
but I don't know why, even after past 30 years of ham radio and
reading of W2DU, W7EL, W8JI, DJ2LR, VE2CV, G6XN publications.

Or I missed something : perhaps the answer is in EH principles,
Magnetic Balun, MaxCom Matcher, Isotron or Bazooka antennas, steel
wool baluns and so on ... In this case, sure I need some 40 years more
of hard job around aerials.

But I do respect Dick Bird, he made great contributions to the field
of dx antennas.

I do also respect Dick Bird. He made great contributions to the field
of dx antennas for numerous french newcomers issued from CB world
during the nineties and dreaming of the ultimate new big gun antenna
with minimum obstruction, work and expense.

in France, some of the last contributions of Dick were :
- Les antennes "supergain" (05-06/1990)
- L'antenne "ShoeBox" (02/1993)
- Beam "Trigonal" à Grand Gain (04/1993)
(in MEGAHERTZ Magazine.)

I apologize for my english expression.

Francis, F6AWN