I think you were missing my point: the value in modelling to pick the right
height. Isn’t that what you’re also saying?
73, kelly, ve4xt
> On Jan 21, 2019, at 10:58 AM, John Simmons <jasimmons@pinewooddata.com> wrote:
>
> I think some of you are missing an important point about HFTA: In some cases,
> as high as you can go may not be what you want to do. If you have an extreme
> slope in one direction, you may only want to be up 35' or so. You have to do
> the simulations to see. And no, I don't have multiple towers. Remember, not
> everyone lives in the flatlands.
>
> 73,
> -John NI0K
>
> Kelly Taylor wrote on 1/21/2019 10:40 AM:
>> I remember being at one of Dean’s presentations in Rochester, Minn., and if
>> I recall correctly, the value in one model was picking the optimal height
>> for all three tribander bands: I don’t know if it was elitism or what, but
>> he didn’t seem to understand that some contesters may actually be limited in
>> what they can put up, because when I asked if the flat-terrain model was
>> showing height x as a good compromise for the three bands — for contesters
>> able to put up one antenna only — his response was “but do you want to lose
>> (these peaks)?”
>>
>> Sometimes it’s not a matter of what you want, it’s a matter of what you can
>> do.
>>
>> Still, it did seem to me as though going as high as you can go and waiting
>> for the propagation gods to smile upon you would be a waste of money.
>>
>> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H <ea1ddo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm a firm believer modeling, as well.
>>> I use 4NEC2, Mmana & Eznec, and I trust them too.
>>>
>>> 73, Maximo
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>>> Asunto: Re: [TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA
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>>> I'm a firm believer modeling. I use EZNEC and AutoEZ and trust them.
>>>
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