Agree with Tom I found that the 160 foot BOG antenna that was buried was more unstable with dry/rain conditions, than when on/above ground.
Also the 1/8 wave spaced 160 meter 4 square, I had some years ago, was more stable with more radials, with changing ground moisture conditions. Single in ground wires are not very stable with moisture changes. Larger ground radial fields offer much more stability. 73 Bruce-K1FZ www.qsl.net/k1fz/bogantennanotes/index.html . On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:58:13 -0500, Tom W8JI <[email protected]> wrote: > In reality, NEC4 can produce quite accurate results when modeling > buried > radial wires and groundwave propagation losses along a real > earth path -- > as long as earth conductivity is known for that path > and operating > frequency. > > > > Calculating a good result for one situation, like field strength at a > distance for a vertical radiator when gradual attenuation is > involved, is worlds different than calculating pattern produced by a > long buried wire. _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
