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yes i read barkleys paper that he did in his 11 weeks at sanford research institute on the suggestion of the open sleeve inventor bolljahn and guidance of dr taylor as part of his masters of science in engineering electronics eddie,


when i read barkley and noted his comments of flared radials & skinny radial to monopole diameter ratio i thought it likely that herb had read that too,


you could be right about antenna mode currents eddie,


i can imagine the unbalance at the top of the sleeve causing radiation from the outside of the sleeve with wider spacing as Cebik tells us in his "some j-poles that i have known" article,


its clear that there is not only one current flowing as claimed in the arrl article,


it is clear that Cebik was correct in telling me "there is more going on in the design than is imediately aparent to most people"


im not sure how much radiation, i hope to get a better picture by finding the other articles in barkleys listed bibliography.