I SENT THE CHECK !!
Regardless of all of the detractors, and neigh sayers, I sent a big check to my patent lawyer on Friday. If you never risk anything, you never gain anything. I sent my mechanical drawings, my written description of my theory as to why my antenna is different and BETTER, and pictures of my working prototype. All of these are requirements of filing a patent, and this is not a quick process to prepare for. I have been working on the details for months, and I am finally in the process of seeing some results.
Some people patent an idea without having a working product, but my design has been a work in progress for quite some time, with many different approaches being tried. Some were improvements, and some were not, but I believe I am ready to go forward with the patent process, as do many of the people around me, including my patent Attorney.
I had an hour long conversation with the Attorney on Thursday, and made the decision to take the risk with my own personal savings, and if it fails, at least I can go to sleep at night knowing at I tried to get this done to the best of my ability. I have built many prototypes, and tried many different ideas to get to the point where I believe, as do several people I have shown my design to that I have a superior product to anything currently available as far as "OUTDOOR ANTENNAS" designed to be mounted outdoors at 30 feet or above are concerned.
It KICKS ASS on FM signals too, and I plan to use that in my marketing strategy, since FM HD radio is now available as well as DTV. Wish me luck, or call me an idiot as some seem to LOVE to do, and that is up to you, but still, maybe one day soon, you will have one of my antennas up in the air at your place, receiving error free DTV signals from distances of well over 100 miles.
Of course line of sight is still required, for no antenna will receive a signal that does not exist, or is not "SEEN" by the antenna itself. Remember, the laws of physics still apply to ALL ANTENNA DESIGNS, even when those laws are sometimes unproven, and are just theory that actually cannot be proven "BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT".
You would not believe how many different "EXPERIMENTAL ANTENNAS' are hanging around in my garage !!!