[TowerTalk] phased phased verticals query

[Terry Conboy]

At 06:58 PM 2007-01-24, w2cdo at comcast.net wrote:

>Slightly off-topic for TT but beg your forebearance:  I am really 
>curious to know if anyone has ever tried phasing half squares as a 
>pair of driven elements.  What would the results be at 1/8 
>wavelength and/or 1/4 wavelength separation?  I tried to model this 
>with NEC but apparently I'm doing something wrong as I get no 
>results, just a lot of whirring from the hard disk and a blank stare 
>from the screen.  Neither 0 degree nor 90 degree phasing inputs on a 
>pair of half squares generated any solution.
>
>Using a pair of half squares in a parasitic array is also of great 
>interest to me.  Again, NEC modeling fails.  Probably an operator 
>problem, but there it is.  What happens at 1/8 wavelength spacing?  1/4?

Not off topic at all!

Check out http://www.cebik.com/wire/hsyg.html and 
http://www.cebik.com/ao/ao11.html

73, Terry N6RY