[TowerTalk] Choke on feed point of dipole

[Jim Brown]

Thanks Brian. Not surprised about very low antennas, but I view that 
condition as "the best that can be done" from a very limited QTH, and 
the effect on verticals in the same situation to be much greater.

73, Jim K9YC

On 1/14/2026 6:07 AM, Brian Beezley wrote:
> "Horizontal antennas care NOTHING about soil quality but EVERYTHING 
> about height."
> 
> I often use this notion myself, but it is a simplification. It is not 
> true in general.
> 
> Some time ago I was surprised to see differences up to 1.5 dB (as I 
> recall) at low angles for some horizontal antenna models as I varied 
> ground constants. It surprised me because I had always thought such 
> differences were on the order of tenths of a dB.