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Re: Topband: K9ay loop not performing

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Subject: Re: Topband: K9ay loop not performing
From: Dan Maguire via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Dan Maguire <djm2150@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 04:57:18 +0000 (UTC)
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As others have said, a good *RF* ground is a requirement.  Here's a comparison 
of modeled elevation patterns for a K9AY loop with a very good (low impedance) 
RF ground vs one with a very poor (high impedance) RF ground.

https://i.postimg.cc/N0MqJg0x/image.png

The trick to modeling a good ground while at the same time using EZNEC "High 
Accuracy" (Sommerfeld-Norton) ground is explained in EZNEC Help section 
"Connecting to High Accuracy Ground".

For AutoEZ users, *right*-click on http://ac6la.com/adhoc/K9AY_Loop.weq , 
choose "Save file", download to your computer, then use the AutoEZ "Open Model 
File" button.  The K9AY_Loop.weq model makes it easy to adjust the length of 
the very low height radials which are used to simulate a good ground 
connection, as mentioned in the EZNEC help.

Dan, AC6LA
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