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Re: [TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA

To: John Simmons <jasimmons@pinewooddata.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA
From: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mymts.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:01:06 -0600
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
I think you were missing my point: the value in modelling to pick the right 
height. Isn’t that what you’re also saying?

73, kelly, ve4xt 

> On Jan 21, 2019, at 10:58 AM, John Simmons <jasimmons@pinewooddata.com> wrote:
> 
> I think some of you are missing an important point about HFTA: In some cases, 
> as high as you can go may not be what you want to do. If you have an extreme 
> slope in one direction, you may only want to be up 35' or so. You have to do 
> the simulations to see. And no, I don't have multiple towers. Remember, not 
> everyone lives in the flatlands.
> 
> 73,
> -John NI0K
> 
> Kelly Taylor wrote on 1/21/2019 10:40 AM:
>> I remember being at one of Dean’s presentations in Rochester, Minn., and if 
>> I recall correctly, the value in one model was picking the optimal height 
>> for all three tribander bands: I don’t know if it was elitism or what, but 
>> he didn’t seem to understand that some contesters may actually be limited in 
>> what they can put up, because when I asked if the flat-terrain model was 
>> showing height x as a good compromise for the three bands — for contesters 
>> able to put up one antenna only — his response was “but do you want to lose 
>> (these peaks)?”
>> 
>> Sometimes it’s not a matter of what you want, it’s a matter of what you can 
>> do.
>> 
>> Still, it did seem to me as though going as high as you can go and waiting 
>> for the propagation gods to smile upon you would be a waste of money.
>> 
>> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>> 
>>> On Jan 21, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H <ea1ddo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm a firm believer modeling, as well.
>>> I use 4NEC2, Mmana & Eznec, and I trust them too.
>>> 
>>> 73, Maximo
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> De: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> en nombre de Wes 
>>> <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
>>> Enviado: lunes, 21 de enero de 2019 15:22
>>> Para: towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Asunto: Re: [TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA
>>> 
>>> I'm a firm believer modeling.  I use EZNEC and AutoEZ and trust them.
>>> 
>>> Wes
>>> 
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