[TowerTalk] vertical antenna ground loss

Steve Hunt steve at karinya.net
Fri Dec 12 11:42:32 EST 2008


Denny,

Do you have a specific Cebik article in mind?

I'm pretty familiar with his work and I just re-read his 5-part article 
on modelling 160m verticals, but I can't immediately see anything that 
suggests the modelling is significantly in error.

Regards,
Steve G3TXQ

Dennis OConnor wrote:
> Steve, I agree that is what a Mininec model likely shows... 
> A model is not the real world... 
> A good read of Cebik in this subject will give additional information...
> ...
> And while my example may be a bit overwrought, it mirrors real world performance...  
> The whole point of my post is that real world GP vertical performance is not as dismal as a Mininec plot suggests...
> And a low, horizontal antenna is not as necessarily as good at low angles as Mininec suggests...
>
> cheers
> denny / k8do
>
>
>       
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>
>
>   



More information about the TowerTalk mailing list