[Antennas] Fw: QUADS & BEAMS ??

Thu Oct 8 09:10:45 EDT 2009

C.Whitaker wrote:
> de WB2CPN
> I know that Cebic became an antenna GURU, and he
> did publish, but it is my understanding that he was heavy
> on math, and modeled antennas but didn't actually build
> anything with his hands. So I wonder how his postulations
> were ever verified. It takes an enormous amount of testing
> to prove in even the simplest model. The TRIVIA is that
> the first very large computers ever built were designed to
> do two things, and one was to compute the pattern of radar
> antennas. The other was to compute the path of artillery
> projectiles.
> 73 Clete
>You have a misunderstanding my friend! While it is true he did a lot of 
in-depth studies of various antennas using mathematics and computer 
modeling he did also build many antennas himself. Several of them were 
published in QST and other amateur publications.
73,
Danny, K6MHE