[600MRG] Rudy's book...and other info.

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 26 Jan 2018 at 19:18, J Mcvey wrote:

> 
> About MMana-Gal...
> I tried to model an antique  single wire feed "T" antenna published in a military 
> manual for use with BC654.
> TOTAL FAIL!
> I put the feed point at the bottom of the feed wire and it gave me hundreds of 
> ohms of R and X.
> The radio needs a low impedance capacitive load, so I don't think that's a real 
> result.
> 
> I don't think the program does well with antennas that radiate in horizontal and 
> vertical planes?

So far, when I built the model correctly, MMANA-GAL works extremely well. Results from my 
CORRECT models are very close to identical with what I get by experiment.

I find it easier to use than EZNec, but to each his own.

However, I am still pretty much a novice at this modeling stuff...

Ken W7EKB

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