[TowerTalk] Vertical with 1 radia

[Diane & Edward Swynar]

On 13th May, Rob wrote:

"...Further, in my opinion, too much reliance is placed on modeling however
the author did attempt field strength measurements (but in a flawed way)..."

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Hi Rob et al,

IMHO, ALL of the antenna articles in QST---and everywhere else, for that
matter---rely far too much upon modeling these days.

We've become a generation of "...armchair antenna experts", I fear. So what
if EZNEC says the antenna is NFG on paper...? Back in the 60's Bill Orr
referenced a piece about a popular aerial for 40-meters they used on the
west coast called the "33 Up 33 Out"---essentially a 1/4-wave vertical with
one radial. I tried one on 7-MHz with my 75-watt Johnson Ranger-1
transmitter back in the day, & had a blast working all sorts of new-found DX
there...

Sometimes EZNEC et al remind me of a gaggle of scientific experts running
amok in an open meadow, chasing-down bumblebees so that they might be told
that, according to the laws of physics, they are not supposed to be able to
fly...

If it feels good, do it---and damn the torpedoes!

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ