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Re: [TowerTalk] EZNEC- needs improvement

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] EZNEC- needs improvement
From: Dan Zimmerman N3OX <n3ox@n3ox.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:43:35 -0400
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> Computer modeling indicated that the Shorty Forty  should have about a 10dB
> advantage over the vertical with  saltwater.


In what range of takeoff angles?

I get something like @6 degrees elevation, a single quarter wave vertical
with negligible ground loss looking out on saltwater beats a 90 foot high
dipole by 3dB, probably equals a 2el beam.

What were you using for saltwater ground parameters?

Dan
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