[TowerTalk] Where to get HFTA Software

[Mark Robinson]

3C0E 17m ssb first call. last night and 3C0E on 20m cw so I am happy. I
 often get reports that I am the loudest on the band, so no complaints here.

 I really didn't have the time or inclination to fight a software program.
 Any simulation is only as good as the data that it uses.  No one antenna
 solution is a perfect solution.anyway


 Mark N1UK


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike N1TA" <mike at n1ta.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, 04 March, 2012 4:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Where to get HFTA Software
>
>
>> ...but I suppose the question becomes how much MORE dx could you be
>> working with a totally optimized situation? If you are comfortable never
>> knowing the difference, lucky you. Because the alternative is
>> substantially more expensive, time consuming, and requires learning
>> stuff. First time I messed around with HFTA programs was in high school.
>> I was a moron then, and I certainly still am now.
>>
>> Besides, with a single beam at 80+ feet, you're likely missing a lot of
>> stuff on the high bands (if you live around here, anyway).
>>
>> But having said all that, you would think someone would have written a
>> simpler program by now.
>>
>> Mike N1TA
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Where to get HFTA Software
>> From: "Mark Robinson" <markrob at mindspring.com>
>> Date: Sun, March 04, 2012 2:01 am
>> To: "David Gilbert" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>,
>> <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>
>> I think that it would be pointless running the program on flat ground.
>> No-one has ever been able to help me run the program with real data even
>>
>> though they offered to try, so I just had to guess when putting up my
>> tower.
>> It seems to me that this program is overrated and a waste of time since
>> very
>> people can actually make it work. Finding the coordinates of my tower is
>> the
>> easy part.
>>
>> Sorry for the rant but I am so frustrated with this program and the lack
>> of
>> any useful instructions on how to use it. Another half baked good idea
>> in
>> my book.. I put my beam at 87 1/2 feet and just worked DX.
>>
>> Mark N1UK
>>
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