[TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions

[Jim Brown]

On 10/26/2013 10:09 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> 50 feet  beats out 34 feet hands down every time. 67 feet
> beats out 48 feet every time too.   Be careful  about the TA program.
> It assumes you are in the middle of a wheat field in Kansas.


BULLSHIT!

N6BV;s HFTA terrain analysis software uses USGS terrain data to model 
the behavior of horizontally polarized antennas.  It is DAMN GOOD! If 
you live in flatland, NEC is sufficient.  If you have irregular 
terriain, HFTA is critical.  Lots of serious contesters and serious 
engineers around me (the SF Bay Area) have used it extensively and swear 
by it, including me.

73, Jim K9YC