[TowerTalk] MODEL FOR TOWER

[jimlux]

On 4/26/19 3:10 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> Greg,
> 
> A couple of thoughts about your question and some observations

> 
> 5. One rule of thumb I've read for modeling is openings less than 1/10 
> wavelength look like solid sheet conductor.  I think that is in the 
> EZNEC manual re making wire grids. So I don't think you need a 
> complicated lattice model since your openings are 1/20 WL or less.  I 
> did model the Rohn 65 as a triangular solid sheet and found no 
> interactions with my antennas placed as described.
> 
That's true as far as openings, but you still need to provide segments 
that can carry "horizontal" as well as vertical currents.
You could probably model most towers as 3 ladders with horizontal rungs.


Did your sheet model have horizontal segments as well as vertical?