Nope.
With 100 Ohms per radial and 60 of them all the same and in parallel with each
other, one gets 1.66666 Ohms; close enough.
73,
Charles, W2SH
> From: royanjoy@ncn.net
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:15:10 -0600
> Subject: Re: Topband: T vert feed
>
> 'Twas stated:
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> "Feedline coax shield 1.7 ohms.
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> The single 1.7 ohms lowers the voltage and even in this case of what
> appears to be an excellent ground radials system, the coax will carry HALF
> the counterpoise current and waste most of that power, besides being a
> link...(etc.)"
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> Whaaat???
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> Where did that 1.7 ohm figure come from....space?
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> The size (gauge) of radial wires has very little effect on their
> effectiveness as radials, according everything I've ever read. Also,
> effective resistance to ground, due to such intimate coupling to earth when
> radials are at the surface or buried, evens out their equivalent resistances
> and reactances, rendering them "un-tuned." Not comparable to elevated
> radials at all. Voltage and current nodes on surface or buried radials are
> smoothed and averaged out rendering them un-problematic.
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> If no balun, including a choke-type, is used at the feedpoint of a vertical
> then the coax braid simply counts as another radial, averaged in with the
> many. Ferrites at the shack end can attenuate any residual RF on the braid
> if it is troublesome there (unlikely).
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> 73, Roy K6XK Iowa
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