[TowerTalk] Fwd: Stacking question - another reality data point

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Aug 11 16:17:06 EDT 2016


On Thu,8/11/2016 12:35 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> EZNEC using "real ground" says such a phasing system is not worth
> the time/effort.  Remember, the ground reflection is always out of
> phase with the "real" antenna so any phase difference one applies
> to the higher antennas in the stack is offset by the opposite phase
> from the ground reflections. 

Yep. Real world conditions are far more complex than simplified "free 
space" models. And, of course, NEC code is written for flat homogeneous 
earth, another (over?) simplification.

73, Jim K9YC



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