Logically ..... You may as well have a big loss in the near-field and get it over with.
That way you'll have less to loose in the far field! Steve N4LQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <[email protected]> To: "Tony Estep" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Inverted-L (was OT: Vertical antenna) > The only thing I would point out about the article is that it > basically is a tabulation of model results, an extension of the model > presentation, what do you get if you run the model over and over kind > of thing. The modeling of dirt is in itself an attempt to extend a > limited paradigm of MF measurements (aka commercial broadcast band), > focused on measurements at the ground for very practical reasons > (Norton-Sommerfield) and has its own set of well-known issues. It is > quite common to model radial kinds of issues and then install a design > and find quite different results. Dirt, and all its variability, > remains notoriously resistant to being modeled. Modeling can, I say > "can", get one in the neighborhood and it's back to cut and measure, > and a degree of common sense. > > 73, Guy. > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Tony Estep <[email protected]> wrote: >> For those who wish to pursue the radials question further, here's one of >> the >> many publications on the subject. This one is replete with numerous >> tables >> and graphical representations of the incremental value of more and longer >> radials in various types of soil: >> >> http://www.ncjweb.com/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf >> >> >> >> Tony KT0NY >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
