I don't recall suggesting Cebik was singling you out when he made the remarks you note. If that is what I said...it was tacky of me.
Bob, what really is amazing to me is that Cebik wrote article after article on the lowley J-Pole with all of its problems, but we don't find anything on the much better S4 design...that solved all the problems associated with the J-Pole and produced results that were 2db better than a 1/2 wave dipole in the same position.
I think it might make more sense that Cebik was simply describing the Eznec problems with taper and acute angles he knew about, based on what he took away from your description of the Vector,
I've tried to be really open with this forum...showing all the modeling results I can think of...trying to explain what I did to over come such problems in my model of the S4 in particular. I don't get angry just being questioned. I've also explained why I don't think I can duplicate the same results in my Vector model...but I guess you missed that in my words recently.
This mystifies me Bob, I don't know where I've ever told anybody we have a single current on any antenna or antenna structure. Can you help me out with a bit more info?
Bob, that is a very long and complicated thesis. Again, can you elaborate a bit more.
If you find the answer to how the S4 works in this article...them tell us what you see instead of criticizing me about what I don't understand. If you have a specific point about this article that you want me to claim or agree with...then why don't you talk about it.
Oh, OK. Why don't you show us an example of such an antenna. I saw BM's first attempt at his Vector...where he had the radials really close to the radiator. My recollections of Homer's antenna are a bit more vague on this score, but I would hope they both would step forward and set this idea straight and then maybe you won't have to show what I asked for above. I've even said in this regard that maybe both would deny this ever happened...what I described. Is that a fair consideration to maybe answer if I'm just an old fool?
Again, I must missed it...or I forgot. If it is so important to your idea...then why don't you remind us?
I seem to remember years ago you were claiming your success in talking on your Vector Hybrid at a far distance was based on your tune and the possibility you were steering the maximum radiated angle. I and others requested you to discuss you tuning procedures...and your reply was always something like the following. This is not an exact quote, but I post it below like it was.
I don't have a clue why he updated his old article with this new information. I speculate the edit might come from W8JI's comments on Booty Monster's post on eHam...about his homemade Vector.
I was looking for his reference to the Imax and or the J-Pole for something on my mind at the time...and I noticed the new information...so I posted it and asked you if you had seen it, that's all.
Here again is what happens when we don't know the answers to our questions we have regarding some words. He gives us some pictures, but is cheap on his words, and I don't know why. Maybe it is because he might get critized for being wordy.
