Re: NEC-LIST: Re-radiation and the CFA

>If one believes that the claimed beneficial performance of the CFA is
>really the result of re-radiation from a remote tower or the mounting
>structure, wouldn't it also be necessary that one concede the fact
>that the CFA had to first radiate the power?

No. It'd be the almost entirely near field, not the "far," or
radiation field, of a tower-mounted CFA that excited the tower. The
near field is stored energy, reactive in other words. In the near
field, stored energy just oscillates between electric and magnetic, as
in a completely shielded, lumped-element, L-C "tank" circuit. But
couple the tank to something that can radiate, and you'll get
radiation.

73 -Chuck W1HIS.
Received on Mon May 24 1999 - 15:22:42 EDT