Thanks Brian. Not surprised about very low antennas, but I view that
condition as "the best that can be done" from a very limited QTH, and
the effect on verticals in the same situation to be much greater.
73, Jim K9YC
On 1/14/2026 6:07 AM, Brian Beezley wrote:
"Horizontal antennas care NOTHING about soil quality but EVERYTHING
about height."
I often use this notion myself, but it is a simplification. It is not
true in general.
Some time ago I was surprised to see differences up to 1.5 dB (as I
recall) at low angles for some horizontal antenna models as I varied
ground constants. It surprised me because I had always thought such
differences were on the order of tenths of a dB.
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