[TowerTalk] re: Antennas and trees

[Robert Shohet]

Ha Ha Ha!

Exactly my point.

BTW the answer is YES to all those things.  And antenna modeling
and terrain modeling made that all possible!  I'm a believer.

73
Bob KQ2M

> In a message dated 9/18/2004 1:22:52 PM Central Standard Time,
> kq2m at earthlink.net writes:
> My yagis worked fine too, until I spent a lot of time computer
> modeling them over my terrain.  I found better configurations
> which provided more wave angle coverage and better stacking
> patterns and gain.  They worked fine before.
> Fortunately I did not rely on the "they work fine" concept of
> antenna design.  I knew they could work better and
> as a result of my modeling and hard work, my yagis work much better now!
>
> Bob:
>
> Your comments are just too vague and subjective.  "My yagis work much
better
> now!"  Much better than what?  Over what paths?  Better gain?  Better
> bandwidth?  Better performance per dollar or just better absolute
performance?  Better
> suvivability?  C'mon Bob, let us in on the details!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim W9TM