On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 05:49:08 GMT, Richard Clark
wrote:

|On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:24:01 -0700, Wes wrote:
|
|Here are the results I obtained from a quick MultiNEC (NEC-2)
|analysis. This at 144 Mhz with height = 20', Sommerfeld Gnd, with
|average dirt. #12 AWG Al wire, 20 segments/WL, elevation angle = 4
|deg. Source on the middle of a short (3 segment) wire.
|
|Len. (WL) Ang. (deg) Gain (dBi)
|
|20.193 20 21.97
|
|Hi Wes,
|
|For this particular design (except mine is elevated 5 wavelengths), I
|pushed for 1 degree resolution, with a split source, with tapered
|segments (1023 all told) and I still fall short, but also well ahead
|of my earlier reports:
| 18.5dBi @ 3 degrees w/3 degree lobe width

Keep trying, you're getting closer [g].