Steve,

It "works fine" to be sure, and it's possible that this is the only
physical shape possible for your surroundings, BUT did you verify that
there is no loss from drooping the top hat radials Vs not drooping the

top

hat radials? My experience with many shapes of top hats is that it DOES

reduce the radiation measured in the far field.

Is that in comparison with no top loading at all, or purely horizontal top loading?

Purely horizontal (or near horizontal) top hats. This test compared
different droop angles of circular top hats, everything else kept constant.


Bill A



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