Discussion on “the wave antenna”

H. H. Beverage: Since the wave antenna paper was written, more quantitative measurements have been made on the effective height of the wave antenna. The measurements mentioned in the paper gave the ratio of horizontal to vertical voltage gradient as 30 per cent. This measurement was based on comparatively few observations and was not checked simultaneously against an antenna of known effective height. Furthermore, the measurements were based on vertical gradients calculated by Austin´s formula, which gives values much lower than observed values at certain periods of the day.