Sadly I don't have room for ANY kind of Pennant or SAL Receive antenna, let alone a Beverage or Loop on the Ground (hence my 6ft Rx Loop in the Loft) . . .
But I picked up on people saying that EZNEC doesn't model these antennas near the ground very well. I actually believe that EZNEC's predictions for a 160m Dipole near the ground (like mine is at 50ft) are also very wrong . . . given that I have no wires on the ground under the antenna, it really has no way of knowing what is really under the antenna, especially as you go deeper. These days I always monitor RBN when on Top Band looking for DX . . . and I notice that my signal in NA is usually very comparable with most of the other Gs, who are all using decent verticals. I think part of the reason is that DX Propagation on 160 is usually much higher angle than on 80m . . . but I also think that there is more low angle radiation from my Dipole than EZNEC would suggest ! Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
