That might be what he was referring to. I don't know the angle that I ended up with so I don't know if what I have seen might be the same thing the patent is referring to or not.
For the record, I am well aware of your linked thread, including this part of it... I was referring to something that was discussed in a private conversation between Shockwave and myself that went beyond that part of the linked conversation.
If I make a big loop Vector model, I can get more gain out of the antenna than the stock dimensions, but it takes more than just making the loop bigger. You have to balance the antennas overall length, and the radial length as well. If your not willing to adjust all three you won't get anywhere.
All this being said, I didn't create this thread to discuss the Vector again. It is a dead subject, and should stay there. Even if I find certain aspects of that antenna interesting, which I do, I have resolved to study them on my own simply because some people treat even questions about various aspects of that antenna as a threat to what they intend to believe with religious like zeal.
The only open discussions I intend to ever have about this antenna is after I make a model that includes tuning with what is as close as I can get to the Vector's matching system and possibly how it compares to other models with their tuning systems modeled and matched as well. I have yet to see any Vector model include a gamma matching system, much less a fully tuned version in a model. Hell, I haven't seen many models of other antennas that have been matched and/or tuned either.
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