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Re: Topband: Elevated Radials Questions

To: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Elevated Radials Questions
From: "Chortek, Robert L" <Robert.Chortek@berliner.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:44:25 +0000
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Not to hijack the thread, but anyone have a general idea how much improvement 
one would get by going from 8 to 12 gull wing resonant elevated radials on  a 
60 foot base loaded vertical?

73,

Bob AA6VB
> 
> N7LF's work also shows that more elevated radials are better than
> fewer.  Since the losses are a function of the square of the field
> intensity, spreading the E field more evenly over a larger area
> reduces losses by decreasing the peak field intensity.

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