Ted Hart has been an avid antenna experimenter for many years. His first antenna was a wire attached to a crystal set receiver circa 1940. He became a licensed amateur radio operator in 1948 (W5QJR) and is still active and has continued his antenna experiments.
This book describes the Poynting Vector Antenna (PVA), which is the ultimate communications antenna, except for directional beams, and then two or more Poynting Vector Antennas in a non interactive phased array can provide that directivity. Circa 1988, Professor Hately and his colleagues published a paper in Electronics magazine describing the Crossed Field Antenna. Hart then began to exchange information with Professor Hately but in applying this information he was unsuccessful in causing a large model of the crossed field antenna to achieve the desired level of radiation. He then decided there must be a better way.
The PVA is not conventional and, in fact, it is most gratifying to know that patent (US 6486846) was granted on the concept rather than a specific implementation. After 40 years in industry Ted retired and devoted time to the development of the PVA. Now that the book is compete and both Hart and Birke are convinced that this is the ultimate antenna, no more experiments, analysis or development is deemed fruitful. An HF version (only 4 feet in length) is used for Ham communications on 160 thru 20 meters.
Paul Birke is the coauthor of the book and brings exceptional applied mathematics and field theory to complement Ted's experimental efforts. They met on the internet. Paul retired after being an Engineer with Westinghouse and ABB in Canada where he received numerous awards for applying his talents to the development of transformers and high voltage power line controls. He got his Ham license after retirement.
In the book Paul presents an original mathematical explanation that defines radiation Resistance. There are numerous other physics concepts presented as well as suggested revisions to Maxwell's Equations. Throughout the book Paul uses math to ensure that the concepts are fundamental and detailed. Special computer progrms were used to allow a "view" of the fields of the antnena. The analytical analysis of the Poynting Vector Antenna completes the development of the antenna.
Becasue of the details and completness of the book, it has consumed 4 years of effort by Ted and Paul and was releaed in July 2016.