Hi Jerry, Thanks for sharing this. But I thought that it was a well-established fact that NO antenna modeling software does well with antennas close to the ground.
Modeling ground loss or wires close to the earth is a challenge, to put it mildly. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 11:00 AM, K4SAV <radi...@charter.net> wrote: > ... process of comparison of measured data to NEC predictions ... To gain > some confidence in what NEC was telling me, I started making measurements > and found some very unexpected results. Current values were way off, and > with my simple dipole on the ground measurement I was unable to duplicate > the resonant frequency using any and all ground parameters possible in NEC. > The only conclusion possible seems to be that either I made some bad > measurements or NEC is incapable of modeling my ground, ... > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband