[TowerTalk] 16om vertical and the number of radials
Jim Brown
jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Fri Dec 2 17:41:29 EST 2022
On 12/2/2022 10:46 AM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> At Dayton/Xenia antenna forum this year 2022, N9NB had a pretty
> interesting talk on low band verticals. The key take-away from that was
> that you could reasonably determine your actual ground loss based on VNA
> measurement of your antenna, and comparing it with the model of same. Of
> course the caviets apply - the more simple and idealized your antenna is
> in reality, the easier it is to closely model the reality of the install
> and get a better set of ideal numbers to compare the measured against.
The likely unknown here is the soil characteristic plugged into the
model, as compared to what we have. :)
73, Jim K9YC
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