Some years ago I was asked if Ed Laport's book, Radio Antenna Engineering, gave reasonably accurate estimates for radiation resistance and current distribution for short verticals. I did a short modeling study with NEC to see how the results compared with Laport. Recently Neil Klagge, W0YSE, asked me if I still had these notes which had not been put up on this web page. The following are my comments on the comparison between Laport and NEC: Download Comments on Laport .