[TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA

[Kelly Taylor]

I remember being at one of Dean’s presentations in Rochester, Minn., and if I recall correctly, the value in one model was picking the optimal height for all three tribander bands: I don’t know if it was elitism or what, but he didn’t seem to understand that some contesters may actually be limited in what they can put up, because when I asked if the flat-terrain model was showing height x as a good compromise for the three bands — for contesters able to put up one antenna only — his response was “but do you want to lose (these peaks)?”

Sometimes it’s not a matter of what you want, it’s a matter of what you can do.

Still, it did seem to me as though going as high as you can go and waiting for the propagation gods to smile upon you would be a waste of money.

73, kelly, ve4xt

> On Jan 21, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H <ea1ddo at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm a firm believer modeling, as well.
> I use 4NEC2, Mmana & Eznec, and I trust them too.
> 
> 73, Maximo
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> De: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> en nombre de Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> Enviado: lunes, 21 de enero de 2019 15:22
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> Asunto: Re: [TowerTalk] The Value of HFTA
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> I'm a firm believer modeling.  I use EZNEC and AutoEZ and trust them.
> 
> Wes
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