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Connor I agree with you too. I've said for a time now that much of antenna theory testing might show us small differences in performance. Then CBr's take this information and blow the results out of proportions with their grandiose claims.

I have done a little comparative modeling work with the Imax. This thread has me interested to take another look however.

I also own an Imax, but I've never been enthusiastic with its performance. Looking back however...I think I always used some old coax to install it...and maybe that was not a good idea. I have some old buddies that use the I2K and find it works very well, and with them on-the-air I tend to agree with their thinking.

My Eznec models show me the Imax with 45* degree slanted down radials tends to raise the maximum take of angle higher, and that the 72" inch GPK radials, set horizontal, show a nice improvement over using 108" long radials...along with lowering the maximum angle from 46* degrees down to 9* degrees...when the antenna is set near a wavelength in height to the base[ATTACH=full]18767[/ATTACH] .

EDIT: I added a PDF file of my Antenna Notes, maybe it is easier to read.

<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 562989" data-attributes="member: 903">Connor I agree with you too. I&#039;ve said for a time now that much of antenna theory testing might show us small differences in performance. Then CBr&#039;s take this information and blow the results out of proportions with their grandiose claims.I have done a little comparative modeling work with the Imax. This thread has me interested to take another look however.I also own an Imax, but I&#039;ve never been enthusiastic with its performance. Looking back however...I think I always used some old coax to install it...and maybe that was not a good idea. I have some old buddies that use the I2K and find it works very well, and with them on-the-air I tend to agree with their thinking.My Eznec models show me the Imax with 45* degree slanted down radials tends to raise the maximum take of angle higher, and that the 72&quot; inch GPK radials, set horizontal, show a nice improvement over using 108&quot; long radials...along with lowering the maximum angle from 46* degrees down to 9* degrees...when the antenna is set near a wavelength in height to the base[ATTACH=full]18767[/ATTACH] .EDIT: I added a PDF file of my Antenna Notes, maybe it is easier to read.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 562989, member: 903"] Connor I agree with you too. I've said for a time now that much of antenna theory testing might show us small differences in performance. Then CBr's take this information and blow the results out of proportions with their grandiose claims. I have done a little comparative modeling work with the Imax. This thread has me interested to take another look however. I also own an Imax, but I've never been enthusiastic with its performance. Looking back however...I think I always used some old coax to install it...and maybe that was not a good idea. I have some old buddies that use the I2K and find it works very well, and with them on-the-air I tend to agree with their thinking. My Eznec models show me the Imax with 45* degree slanted down radials tends to raise the maximum take of angle higher, and that the 72" inch GPK radials, set horizontal, show a nice improvement over using 108" long radials...along with lowering the maximum angle from 46* degrees down to 9* degrees...when the antenna is set near a wavelength in height to the base[ATTACH=full]18767[/ATTACH] . EDIT: I added a PDF file of my Antenna Notes, maybe it is easier to read. [/QUOTE]

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