Topband: Beverage Frustrations

[charlesh3@msn.com (Charles Hutton)]

With the most-perfect resistive termination, I agree that it seems to make
no difference whether the resistor is on top or down at the ground rods.

However, when I model Beverages with EZNEC and use a complex termination (to
produce a perfect null off the backside), I see a difference in F/B ratio of
around 9 dB with the better case being when the resistor is on-top.

Do other people's Beverage models have the same behaviour?


Chuck