Rereading my last e-mail (which would have deserved some rewriting), I
realize I forgot to include this other nugget from [2] :
<<
A proper equivalent circuit for the CFA has not yet been evolved but
will be the electrical equivalent of a chemical reaction or a
thermodynamic change of state. Departure of power to space from the
two interacting fields represents a unique form of load. The prime
fields interact to produce radio waves which fly away to the infinite
energy sink of space. An appropriate equivalent circuit must behave in
a manner exactly similar to these unusual characteristics.
>>
Whew! I knew it, there's something terribly wrong with Maxwell! Ether
must have some unknown non-linear property, unless we're talking about
phlogistics. The other alternative : there's a problem with quadripole
theory. No suggestion is made by the authors regarding what they
think's going on...
This is why I think it would be interesting to measure the two port
scattering matrix of this "antenna" and the E and H ports with a
network analyzer, and demonstrate the conditions for maximum power
transfer. (Which look probably pretty bleak...)
(BTW, I had a debate one day with a professor once regarding the
reciprocity theorem. My view was that the reciprocity theorem, which
is so important in antenna theory, isn't so extraordinary if it is
seen as an extension of the reciprocity properties of two port
networks, the universe being taken as a black box. But it is true that
this is far from an obvious notion... :-)
Alexandre
VE2GDC, QRT from this thread... :-) SK
Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 00:39:58 EST
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