Thanks for the notes, Jim - it is for 80m. Sorry I didn't include that detail!
73,
-Brian n8wrl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lux
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:27 PM
> To: n8wrl@arrl.net; TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 4-sqr & terrain
>
> At 04:48 PM 9/29/2005, Brian Smithson wrote:
> >Hello Group!
> >
> >I'm trying to pick the best spot to site a 4-square on my property.
> >I've got about 12 acres to play with but there are various
> obsticles -
> >two towers, a barn, pond, steep hills, etc. It slopes in
> various places
> >but the most-level spot may become an arena for horses. My
> question is,
> >how sensitive is the pattern to differences in height of the
> verticals?
> >That is, can the bases be ~3 feet difference in level from
> each other?
>
>
> first question.. is the 4 square for 80m (in which case 3
> feet is in the
> noise) or for 2m, (in which case it's not...
>
> if you're on 40m, a quarter wavelength is, what, about 33 ft,
> so you're talking 1/40th of a wavelength with 3 ft.. probably
> not an issue. Probably not even an issue with 20m (unless you
> have some sort of exotic phasing system that will be picky
> about tiny changes in mutual Z, and then, you have much
> bigger problems to worry about)
>
> I'd guess that the small scale slopes will have less effect
> than other things around (horses, towers, etc.).
>
> It's actually,
>
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