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Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna Heights and EZNEC
From: gbright@bellsouth.net (Grant Bright, Ph.D.)
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:21:02 -0500
I like these questions....I am a "show me the real data" kinda guy.

This debate reminds me of the story from Medieval times when a group of
Monks debated for a couple of years how many teeth a young horse had. Some
argued the number was 40, other 42. A young Monk who had only been in the
Monastery for a few years had a epiphany when he asked the question, "Since
we do not really know how many teeth a young horse has, let us go forth,
find a young horse and count his teeth."

The young Monk was defrocked for being too worldly.

My point: why not put a 10m antenna at 200ft in a area where the HAAT is
reasonable, the ground has good reflectivity and take the measurements?

Or why don't we go and make some measurements at the stations of some of
the excellent stations mentioned here previously. In other words, answer
these well versed question of RLVZ? This would surely make a ground
breaking article from which all could read, study, and benefit.

73s,

Grant
W4OJC

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From: <RLVZ@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna Heights and EZNEC


>
> A lot higher than 4-6 wavelengths.  I ran a 10m yagi in EZNEC at 200 feet
> > above ground, and both the deep nulls and reflection gain were still
fully
> > evident.
>
> QUESTION:  YES- EZNEC GIVES US A GENERAL IDEA... BETTER THAN NOTHING.
BUT
> HOW ACCURATE IS IT?  BUT WHEN EZNEC WAS CREATED JUST HOW MANY ANTENNAS
DID
> THEY TEST?  HOW MANY ANTENNA HEIGHTS DID THEY TEST?  WHAT TYPES OF
TERRAIN
> DID THEY TEST?  HOW MANY FREQUENCIES DID THEY TEST?
>
> IN OTHER WORDS, DID THEY HAVE A 10-METER ANTENNA AT 200'?  IF SO, DID
THEY
> MEASURE LINE-OF-SIGHT AND FIRST AND SECOND HOP SKIP?
> IF SO, WHAT HEIGHTS WERE THE RECEIVE ANTENNAS AT?  LOTS AND LOTS OF
VARIABLES
> HERE... SO HOW ACCURATE IS EZNEC?
>
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