Topband: Grounding the ends of radials

["Bob Eldridge" <eldridge@direct.ca>]

> I posted this on TowerTalk and I got a couple of responses as to why the
> ends of ground radials should not be grounded.
 Isn't it dependent on whether you want the radials resonant or not?  And 
if you do want them resonant, on the length of the radial?
 It doesn't make sense to ground the far end of a quarter wave radial if 
you want a low impedance at the base of the antenna.  It does make sense if 
you have short radials and want to intercept the "return current".
Bob VE7BS 

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