[TowerTalk] EZNEC

David Cole dave at nk7z.net
Thu Apr 18 18:22:10 EDT 2013


How high would "high enough" be?
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Thanks,
Dave
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On Thu, 2013-04-18 at 13:41 -0400, john at kk9a.com wrote: 
> I agree that a vertical dipole is a poor antenna, however he said "with a
> center vertical dipole"
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-04/msg00186.html
> . If he has a high enough support for a vertical dipole array, he is
> probably better of with a horizontal wire beam, but that was not his
> question.
> 
> 
> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	 Re: [TowerTalk] EZNEC
> From:	 Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Reply-to:	jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
> Date:	 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:38:57 -0700
> 
> 
> On 4/18/2013 9:33 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I would start with modeling a single vertical dipole.
> 
> Actually, a simple quarter wave vertical is much easier to model, and is
> close to what he wants to build. And there's am example model of it with
> the simple version of EZNEC that comes on the CD with the ARRL Antenna
> Book. Besides -- vertical dipoles are not great antennas because their
> vertical patterns are poor for most uses.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
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