[TowerTalk] Antenna Modeling

[David Gilbert]

You'd be surprised how many wire antennas I've actually built over the 
years, having tried several different ones each year for Field Day.  You 
can check the scores over the past 20 years to see what the result was 
... mostly category 1B one or two op QRP.  K7ZB and I even held the all 
time 1B2op battery record for a couple of years at 10,000 points (set 
back in 2000).

The difference is that I modeled almost every one of those antennas 
ahead of time.  The only thing I lost was the opportunity to waste a lot 
of time and money ... while gaining a lot more understanding. The basic 
version of EZNEC is free with the ARRL Antenna Book, so I'm not sure 
what position would keep you from using it other than simply preferring 
not to.

I suppose I could eventually build a small transmitter by wiring random 
components together on a breadboard over and over again, but that 
doesn't sound like "ham" radio to me either.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 7/11/2018 5:38 PM, Dan Bookwalter via TowerTalk wrote:
> Jim
> Oh I fully understand,  but , I am not currently in a position to do that ... when I get back to a point where I can put up a real antenna(s),  I am sure I will ask these questions ...but , I still like just winging something in the air and letting er'rip so to speak...
> My opinion may be out dated , but , I still maintain we have lost some of that...
> Dan
>
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>    On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 8:19 PM, Jim Brown<jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:   On 7/11/2018 5:08 PM, Dan Bookwalter via TowerTalk wrote:
>> I know everyone is onto modeling everything,  I am in the camp of , put it up , give it a try , dont like it , try again ...
>> We have lost so much of the "ham" part of ham radio... I used to , and still do , throw a wire out and see what you can do ... other than 160 and probably 80 , you can work a suprising amount of stuff ..
> My view is completely the opposite -- to me, ham radio is studying the
> fundamentals and using that knowledge to build our stations, including
> antennas, that work better. Wandering around in the dark is not part of
> my view of ham radio.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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