I have absolutely no problem with this in concept. However, as I posted above:
I have since seen the term used on the forum at least three or four more times by those who posted in that thread. Not one of them used the term properly.
Some people actually get downright hostile that you are even questioning them on their use of the term, often going into something like "I've been working with antennas for x number of years which makes me automatically right" attitude. They have no concept that their use of the term is technically incorrect, and causing confusion or, at the very least spreading misuse of a term. And they don't seem to care.
Us using the term only when it correctly applies is a good start, however so many more people continue to use the term incorrectly on a more regular basis that more people will be exposed to the term in those lights.
In reality two people against the world is a loosing proposition, even if those two people are right. This is why I would be content on letting the term die. As I said above:
Even the original use of the term has an alternate term that describes what is happening. Most books from the older days I have have text like 'capacitive ground, or sometimes called a counterpoise', which leads me to think that even then the term was considered a lesser used option of another term.
Our understandings (Homer and I) of what a "counterpoise" is is now very close since your last thread on the topic. There are differences, but that is to be expected as we likely have some different sources to interpret. That being said I think we both are within the much more limited range of variance of the original meaning of the word, which had its differences, even among older texts.
Another thing I have noticed is in this forum since your (Homer's) last thread on "counterpoise", I don't think I've seen the term used here at all up until the last month or two... It was used far more regularly before that thread.
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