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Re: Topband: How good is good enough

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Subject: Re: Topband: How good is good enough
From: Frank W3LPL <donovanf@starpower.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:20:01 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Pete,

Buy all means install more radials.
At 70 foot radial length diminishing returns is at about 30 radials

73
Frank
W3LPL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete N4ZR N4ZR" <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
To: "topband" <Topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 7, 2022 9:27:09 PM
Subject: Topband: How good is good enough

Now that the lawn mowing is done for the season, I resuscitated my 160M 
inverted L.  With 13 on the ground radials, each roughly 70 feet long, 
measured R of 34 ohms seems OK to me.  Is it worth laying down more 
radials, or am I approaching diminishing returns?

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