Topband: Counterpoise very interresting

[Gene Smar]

Gents:

     A man much wiser than I once told me, "The difference between theory 
and practice in theory is less than the difference between theory and 
practice in practice."

     Caveat Amateur.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


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"Mike(W5UC)" <w5uc at suddenlink.net>; "Guy Olinger K2AV" 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Counterpoise very interresting


IMHO word of caution:

LB Cebik was a great modeler, has done lot of work modeling various 
antennas, configurations etc but have not built most of his models in real 
life with real wires and tubing.
Granted, modeling programs are getting better and better, are a great tool 
especially for comparing some designs, but still do not 100% capture real 
life variables and one has to be cautious in trusting the modeling results 
as a gospel.
Recent posts about ground, radials, counterpoise are one of the areas of 
possible discrepancies.
Just like with the loading coils "controversy", the "ground thing" is a bit 
muddied up.

Yuri, K3BU.us
www.MVmanor.com