[TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna comparison

[David Gilbert]

Hi, Gary.

The 4-Square model ("4square" for 40m) that came with my copy of EZNEC 
has simply a connection to average ground for each vertical ... no 
radials of any sort.

The EZNEC model also shows standard 0, -90, -180 degree phase shifts, 
and some currently built switch boxes have increased that to 0, -110, 
-220 degrees (or thereabouts) for a little extra gain.

 73,
Dave  AB7E



StellarCAT wrote:
> Interesting.... however using EZNEC and their provided 4 SQ 
> model I see different results
> then what your suggesting here... a DIPOLE at 136' (what I have) 
> out performs a 4 SQ for
> all angles down to about 4 degrees! And not by a small amount. 
> Possibly their model is not
> correct?