"Reg Edwards" wrote

But you can tell me what conclusions the charts lead you to believe
about the behaviour of a lossy transmission line of various lengths.


Sooo, are we investigating behaviour of lossy transmission lines heating the
worms, aka wire in a dirt, or behaviour of radial within the vertical
antenna, aka the other half of a "dipole" and it's participation in forming
the radiation pattern and effciency?
Helooooo?!? What's next? Shortening the radiator?

As a test case, see how "inefficient" is the 3/8 wave vertical, with 360 3/8
wave radials on 160m.
If your "software" tels me that it will be more efficient with 1 m radials,
you are in for serious reality check.

Yuri, K3BU