Verdi Peak (W6/NS-146) SOTA Activation 8/3/2012

The HFTA plot for my actual 20m dipole up 25 feet at this actual location (red line) as compared to a 20m dipole up a half wavelength but over flat ground (blue line) for a heading of 60 degrees. My actual antenna clearly outperforms the theoretical higher dipole over flat ground due to the downsloping terrain at my location. Or at least the HFTA modelling algorithms think it will.

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