Hi Frank,

It was noticed, but certainly not by Authur. I don't hold out any
hope of ever seeing him do half the work to show numbers to prove his
concept.

However, you are still asleep. EZNEC does offer you the choice of
Sommerfeld/Norton grounds, and you even get to define the
characteristics of that ground. This, too, is something that Authur
has no competence with, or let's just say he has refused to share
actual data there too.

As for the Navy using tilted antennas (suggested by an unnamed
admiral, Authur's usual anonymous authorities).... Well, I have been
invited aboard fighting ships in the last year. I have inspected
their AEGIS radars systems. I have taken pictures of their antennas.
If any one is interested, I could post some at my web site that are
absolutely beyond many correspondent's experience. They are not
tilted (an absurdity) unless a hurricane force wave slapped them into
the hull (not obviously evident by any evidence however).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Thanks for the info Richard. Obviously any NEC based program
will have the Sommerfeld/Norton option. As for Navy antennas;
I have seen that they can be tilted, but only so they do not
get shot to pieces by the ships weapons. I too wondered "What
admiral, and in which port".

73, Frank, VE6CB