Check the archives of the Topband and TowerTalk reflectors ... search engine at www.contesting.com for some ideas and real world examples ... just scale the data from 160/80m to your desired bands. 7
Howard, What I've done in the past ... depending on what you are looking for the modeling to show ... is to simply use a "monoband model" with a similar overall boom length. For example, a 26' boom
Author: aa4nu@ix.netcom.com (Billy W. Cox Jr., AA4NU)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:06:32 -0500
Bill, W4AN brings up an excellent point ! Sounds like a great NCJ article to publish, or an addition to your web site ? The tower does affect the pattern, but notice the gain stays about the same. Wh
Cam, If I recall ... it's a tribander ... 20/15/10 ... One driven element, and three reflectors, one for 20, one for 15, one for 10. I can't recall the boom length ... 12' or a bit more or so? The T
To echo what Ed is saying ... check the QST review out and if I recall, they mention how POOR the GAP performs on the lowest band ... CQ "reviews" typically read as a loose press release with very fe
I'll second the recommendation on the AV640 as I have used one here while the yagis are all down for R&R. While it's not perfect, what antenna is, it is a very good backup. Season's Greetings, 73 de
Paul, lets talk about the modeling first, and then when the focus in more on the hardware side, that would be a good time to transfer the discussion to another forum perhaps. Back to the modeling now
CORRECTION: My spacings are for 80m, not 40m, but the process is the same ... start with 33' x 33' for 40m and away you go. 73/bc/NU --Original Message-- _____________________________________________
Here I use EZNEC V3.0.59, Antenna Model 2.0.0.665, 4NEC2 5.7.2, and MultiNEC 2.2.3 by AC6LA. I like to use MultiNEC to do sweeps and compare the results between the NEC and MININEC 'engines' to spot
"Jack Louthan, N5KT, author of the Antenna Model software program distributed via Teri Software recently became a Silent Key (SK) this summer. Members of his family are now in the process of determin
Recently the sad news was posted concerning the passing of fellow ham and author of Antenna Model software, Jack Louthan, N5KT. The family is having a memorial service for Jack next Monday, November
Hi Kevin, You are on the right track with this ... and please give this link a close review and note their findings as to F/B, F/S and SWR with the W6NL Moxon design: http://www.kkn.net/dayton2008/Re