[Lowfer] Re:helically loaded verticals

[Ed Phillips]

> > wavelength. So what happens at 1600m is not quite the same as on 160m,
> > because of the difference in scale, so having helical loading, or an
> > elevated loading coil could be an advantage on LF.
> 
> I respectfully disagree. Nothing changes. It all works the same
> when everything is scaled to the same dimensions as a fraction of
> wavelength. That is why formulas do not change from VLF to VHF
> and higher, and why modelling programs can use the same engine
> no matter what frequency we are on.

	You are right on this last point, although the properties of the ground
may be different.  One of my antenna-designing friends at Hughes - Don
Bostrom, N6IC - used to build little scale models of beams and stuff and
test them at UHF, with very usable results.

Ed