[Lowfer] Question : Hanging Vertical drop wires on a HorizontalTopLoad

[Michael Sapp]

Tnx info Cliff, I will give it a try.....  73 Mike wa3tts

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cliff Sojourner" <cls at employees.org>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Question : Hanging Vertical drop wires on a 
HorizontalTopLoad


> ... instead of eznec, download 4nec2 which has a better UI and no silly 
> restrictions on segments  etc.
>
> On September 25, 2015 2:17:45 PM PDT, Michael Sapp <wa3tts at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>>Andy: Download the free version of EZNEC and run some simulations. It
>>is
>>limited to 20 wire segments, but you can simulate plenty of simple wire
>>
>>antennas within the 20 wire segment
>>
>>constraint. It will also help you to better grasp the "j-ohm" concept
>>....
>>The EZNEC demo program comes with a collection of simple antenna models
>>
>>which you can modify in the wire table to
>>
>>get a feel for how the program works.  It takes alittle bit of effort
>>to
>>figure out, but it is not a steep learning curve like Spectrum Lab....
>>
>>If you terminate the "hanging wire" into a resistive load to ground you
>>get
>>something resembling an inverted "U" antenna....
>>
>>73, Mike wa3tts
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>>To: " European & UK) and MedFer bandsDiscussion of the Lowfer (US"
>><lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 4:52 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Question : Hanging Vertical drop wires on a
>>HorizontalTop Load
>>
>>
>>> Good day gents:
>>>
>>> The purpose of the " hanging stubs " in a completely non-theorectical
>>way,
>>> is to add extra
>>> " Vertical " portions in the hope that they will contribute
>>additional "
>>> Vertical " radiating
>>> sections in the antenna... 160 meters, and hoping in the future, 630
>>> meters, will be the only
>>> bands the antenna will be used for...I know the stubs will add
>>> capacitance, and skew the
>>> current distribution along the dipole section... The question is
>>still : "
>>> Will the Vertical Stubs
>>> radiate RF in the vertical Polarization ?? "
>>>
>>> Andy - KU4XR
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