DB, I forgot to address these issues...I hope this does not create confusion between us. I agree you started talking about another model design of the I-10K, and I was aware there was an angle difference between the trombone design on Jay's antenna and the Shockwave model. Without any discussion on this issue...I just figured they worked similar, but that may be the difference you see with the skewing you get.
That said however, IMO the actual performance results should still be about the same. I did not consider the Shockwave pattern might be skewed a bit.
BTW, Jay's antenna does come with radials asymmetrically mounted on his antenna, but my model is symmetrical just like your Shockwave model is symmetrical. And the Shockwave radials come symmetrically mounted, but the trombone matcher is set at an angle.
I hope we do not get into the weeds over this seemingly insignificant difference.
I agree, but IMO both of our models are still made with the radials symmetrically mounted in the our model. The trombone matchers are just a installed a little different in the angel. Am I talking in a circle?
IMO NO, the skewing you see in your Shockwave model is not the difference you just brought up about our models being different. Your are right, however, there is a design difference, but little performance difference.
I have questioned how Eznec defaults the power lobe on a beam model...but I'm not sure I know the answer. With a Omni direction antenna I understand how skewing can have some effect in this regard, but I don't no how NEC handles that either. I'm just sure that the NEC engine does do something to the pattern however, but the performance results always look to be the same.
Does this make sense...or am I talking in circles again.
DB, at this very moment my eyes are giving me problems, maybe my blood sugar is high, and I don't feel like proof reading these words, but I tried, OK?
