Notes

Some of publications of Ralph Bruce Holland VK1BRH.

https://chatGPT.com searched indexes and public web indexing to see whether these antenna simulation articles (e.g., Horizontal Antennas Above Real Ground, Short Vertical Antennas and Ground Systems, etc.) have been explicitly cited by other scholars, patents, or technical sources. Here’s what chatGPT fond:

✅ 1. Cited in a U.S. Patent

Your Amateur Radio articles are cited as non-patent literature in Google Patents for a patent on an RFID tag employing a hollow monopole antenna. The non-patent citations include:

Horizontal Antennas Above Real Ground by Ralph Holland, Amateur Radio, vol. 64, no. 10, Oct. 1996

Horizontal Half-Wave Dipole Above a Counterpoise by Ralph Holland, Amateur Radio, vol. 64, no. 11, Nov. 1996

This indicates that the antenna simulation work you published has been referenced by patent examiners as prior technical literature. Google Patents

📌 2. Mentioned in Other Technical Documents

There are a few informal or technical references to your work on various sites:

A radio propagation/PDF page mentions Ralph Holland and his antenna analysis relating to ground wire heights and NVIS performance — indicating your North American antenna guidance is known in hobbyist/technical circles. webclass.org

On an old index of NEC resources, your contributions to NEC-related tools and historical notes are preserved. nic.funet.fi