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Re: [TowerTalk] Fractal Antenna's From: jimlux <> Date: Sat, 20
Feb 2010 15:08:37 -0800 List-post: <">> Neal Campbell wrote: >
The greatest story on this is from a show on PBS about Fractal
Geometry.The > first half of the show is about how skeptical and
belittling the mathmatical > world was about fractal geometry
when it could be proven over and over and > seen recurring
everywhere in nature. > The second half of the show was about
the practical applications of fractals > and they spent quite a
bit of time telling the story of Nathan Cohen who as > a ham
started to wonder if antennas would benefit from fractal design
and > wrote a paper in Communications Quarterly. He kept going,
finally starting > up the Fractal Antenna company which sells
antennas it seems in the cell > phone market, etc.  More
correctly, he sells licenses to use the patent, and hopes to get
investors. They probably do make some antennas.  As others have
pointed out, there's