[TowerTalk] SteppIR MonstIR Modeling

[Dennis OConnor]

Paul, you don't have to model the Stepp IR specifically, just model any 2 el antenna at that altitude and the bands you will be using and that will show the major and minor lobes... More elements will slighty compress the forward lobes, but no significant changes otherwise...
After 40+ years of fooling with antennas I would say just do it... You will have so many lobes, especially on the higher frequencies, that you will be able to work the world at will.. Yes, there will be times when certain distances will fall into your very sharp nulls, but wait an hour or two, the ionospheric height changes and suddenly you are in there like gangbusters...
If I were offered space at 200 feet elevation I would have said yes instantly and reflexively...

denny

 
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