Where is a source of incoming angle by freq, etc? Has anyone ever
*Measured* incoming angles carefully?
73, Guy.
>
> When planning stacks, you need to do a requirements analysis first. (Don't you
> do this for everything you buy/build/acquire/install/etc??) If you don't, you
> have no way of knowing whether what you install will do the job you want it
> to. For example, you should analyze the areas of the country (world) you
> wish
> to communicate with on your band of interest and determine the elevation
> angle(s) you need to achieve that goal, then plan your stack accordingly by
> modelling it and iterating the design until you achieve (on paper) your
> desired
> goal. If you don't do this, you may wind up with a situation that would be
> unacceptable to you when a little more planning would yield the desired result
> with the same resources (antenna/tower) only installed in a different manner.I
> really need to add this subject to my web site. It's crutial to good amateur
> design practice.
>
> 73
>
> Bill, N3RR
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Guy L. Olinger K2AV
k2av@qsl.net
Apex, NC, USA
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