[TowerTalk] Dipole gain?

[Dan Maguire via TowerTalk]

Jim Lux wrote:
>>> There's already a similar ham statistic called "receiving directivity factor" (RDF) 
>>> Tom Rauch(W8JI) and Greg Ordy (W8WWV) have been advocates
>>> http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/RDFMetric.htm

One of the antennas described on the W8WWV page above is what Greg calls his "Benchmark Beverage".  That particular model was used (with permission) as one of the AutoEZ examples.  To see how the Max Gain, Average Gain, RDF, TOA, and other metrics change as the Beverage length is varied from 200 ft to 1800 ft, refer to the first illustration in section "Calculate 3D Data" on this page:

http://ac6la.com/aeuse3d.html

Dan, AC6LA
http://ac6la.com