Remember modeling only tells you what your receiving antenna pattern may look
like. With the help of a GPS and portable reviver with an S meter, you can get
a better idea of what the pattern really is. First put your coordinates of
your receive antenna into the GPS, Feed a small amount of power into your
receive antenna. (not enough to damage the matching transformer) Then
drive/walk around your antenna with the portable receiver/Mobil rig and take
readings. (more distant readings are much more accurate) With your GPS in the
goto mode, and receive antenna coordinates you selected, you can collect
signal strength readings. A modern GPS will give you the direction back to
your QTH/receive antenna, and distance. Find the right roads/locations, to get
your readings, and get busy. Try to take all the readings at the same
distance/or interpolate. Take many different location readings to help weed out
the error ones that come from signal obstructions.
73
Bruce-K1FZ
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