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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:19:51 -0600
From: Mike WE0H <we0h@yahoo.com>
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What if JB put a big loading coil in the fence wire? I would think that 
would work just like our loaded short verticals...Sure there would be 
losses but we have losses in our transmitting antennas also.

Mike
WE0H


Rik Strobbe wrote:
> J.B. ,
>
> I simulated the fence wire with MMANA.
> On HF (80m, 40m)  I got the expected (bi)directivity and low offset 
> angle.
> But on 500kHz the horizontal pattern is almost omnidirectional and the 
> offset angle is 78 degrees.
> It seems that (at least in theory) even 1200 foot is too short to be 
> long  on 500kHz ...
> Or does MMANA not work properly ?
>
> 73, Rik  ON7YD