Jim, Is there a suitable modeling software for the Mac? I've not had a Windows machine in the house since XP was shiny and new...
- Brendon On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu,3/24/2016 3:15 PM, Brendon Whateley wrote: > >> Jim, >> >> Can you toss a capacitive hat on the top of the shorter vertical and see >> what difference that makes? I've not figured out how to use the modeling >> software yet! >> > > Now's a good time to learn. :) Modeling software like NEC is a great way > to learn about antennas. > > I don't have time to do a model, but almost any top-loading is better than > bottom loading. My guess is that ONLY a cap hat won't bring a 4 ft > vertical to resonance without a loading coil, but depending on how big the > coil and hat are, it could be as much as 2-3 dB better than the coil only. > > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
