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sorry if i poo pooed on your thread . i just explained my reason for my choice in the options given . i just don't have much faith in Eznec5 or the other programs for simulating antenna performance simply because too often they don't jive with reports from real world users . but i'll just ask 2 simple questions ........


if a 1/2 wave doesn't benefit from having ground elements then why do folks sometimes get better performance with them ?


if someone is going to add ground elements to a antenna to get it's peak performance why would they want to use a length other than something that is resonate for the frequency/band its intended to be used on ?