An excellent enhancement to any radial system is to simply plant spinach
around the antenna. It is high in iron and greatly improves ground
conductivity.
n4lq
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Radials
> On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:30:04 -0500, Mike Gorniak wrote:
>
> >Also, I used the term "within 3 db". Actually, the 2 times that I tried
> >this experiment, the results were 2.4 and 2.1 db improvement in Field
> >Strength when adding 90 (not 60) quarter wave radials to the existing 30.
> >
> >The Field Strength was measured using a Potomac FIM 41 Field Strength
meter
> >on a dozen monitor points at distances of 1 to 3 miles from the antenna.
>
> Hey guys -- notice what real engineering entails. This is the right way to
do things, it's a
> LOT work, but it means something when you're done! Many thanks for
sharing this, Mike.
> This must have taken you lots of hours (several weeks of work) to do.
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
>
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