When laying out the radial fields for vertical antennas in an array, we are
told to terminate the radials on a bus wire where the radials overlap. Why?
What harm would come it this was not done?
The only explanation I have found so far says simply that the overlapping wires
serve no purpose. The thinking seems to be a radial field conducts currents in
non-radial directions more or less as well as it does along the direction of
the radial wires. Does anyone have any evidence this is true?
Now imagine a four-square radial field laid down on top of a radial field for a
single vertical at the center. We are told to bond the four-square radials to
the radials of the single vertical. Why? What harm would come it this was not
done, especially in the case where there is no metal-to-metal contact between
the radials?
Mike Rauh W8GT
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