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>Tactical decisions on vertical antenna placement should be based on >getting sight to the horizon above clutter, placing the antenna as far >away from clutter as possible. > >Has nothing to do with personally being anti-modeling. I own the >expensive commercial programs. I run models on everything I do. In >this case you're worrying about drips when you stand to lose the >bucket. > >In the case that you are one of the lucky ones to be operating at a >clutter-less site, you have not even mentioned a dense ground screen >to assist the antenna, or doing anything to get yourself out of the >minus gain column. Just an anecdote to reinforce this. A VERY famous low-band DXer described at Dayton a year or two ago his home station where he had both a very extensive ground screen and four elevated radials on his vertical antenna (I think for 160). I asked him why the elevated radials, and he said that he wanted to get the feedpoint above the majority of the nearby clutter, while retaining the advantage of the ground screen for feed efficiency. Made sense to me. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 11 April 03. Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com |