Topband:Parallel vertical antennas and 160M amps

[Pete Smith]

At 09:19 AM 4/6/01 -0400, Gary Breed wrote:

N4ZR:
>A cautionary note - NEC-2/EZNEC can give unreliable results when wires are
>close together (in WL)....

K9AY:
>NEC modeling of closely spaced wires can be accurate....

Gary's correct, but there do seem to be limitations, even when these
precautions are taken.  I followed exactly the procedure he describes with
my C-3 modeling, and while gain and pattern converged, the 15-meter
feedpoint numbers remained far from observed reality.  The only point I was
really trying to make is that it might be simpler and would probably be
more reliable in this case simply to install and try.


73, Pete N4ZR
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