Lloyd N9LB, you may be correct, but I prefer cited facts and data to back a statement. So to that end I went back and did some reading. In addition to the previous paper I cited, see page 10 here: ht
I have been doing this for 15 years now. Most of my radials are made from 14AWG stranded wire. This was much cheaper in the last millennium, but Menards generally has 500 feet spools of this for unde
True, I expect, Carl. Just don't ground it! If you think about it, a more-or-less ideal "image - plane" for the vertical would be a circular metallic sheet a 1/2 wave in diameter ( although "infinite
Hi Steve and all, First of all, many thanks for your words. I will try to describe the soil but sorry if I donīt use the right English words for it. According to my friend LU8DPM Mario, with whom I h
I'm putting out 60 1/4 wave radials for my 160m Inverted L on the ground. 4-5 of those radials will end up in my pond with anywhere from 5-10 feet to 25 feet in the pond for those 4-5 radials. The po
Grant and all, The lingering problem with this, like with many other things in life, is that the time or effort required for good verification of a theory or idea is much larger than the time or effo
This white paper, written by Clarence Beverage may be of interest to the discussion: http://www.commtechrf.com/documents/nab1995.pdf Paul, W9AC -- Original Message -- From: "ZR" <zr@jeremy.mv.com> To
You ever wonder why a few on here are so much louder than their competition with similar installations when 1-2 keep trying to make us believe it has nothing to do with the radials beyond a small num
I've had very good success with a 24' end-loaded vertical dipole on 40M. I'm wondering how principles that I've used there might apply to 160 and 80M. First of all, end hats can be quite small and st
Good point, Dick. There was an AM station is Ann Arbor Michigan with the radials cut in a direction where the staion had too much field strength. The only thing that did was destabilize the array as
Tnx Dave, That would be very helpful. 73, N2TK, Tony --Original Message-- From: topband-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of DAVID CUTHBERT Sent: Friday, August
What about pushing them thru holes in the wall? I do that with the radials for a pair of 2 wire Beverages that terminate at trees right at the wall which has been there since at least the early 1800'
The timing of this topic couldn't be better. I was doing some major rework on my 80M vertical this weekend. The old style radial system consisted of radials made from insulated wire with a chicken wi
I have the same experience .. a number of short radials and a few long ones, but only in a 180 degree pattern because of the lot lines and an ill tempered neighbor. I have several tower sections unus
Author: "Chortek, Robert L" <Robert.Chortek@berliner.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 09:17:45 -0700
Christman has written a number of excellent articles on this subject. Some of which are in the ARRL book "Vertical Antenna Classics". FWIW, I have been using a base loaded 60 foot vertical on my urba
and the FIRST TIME AROUND squeeze the last dB out of what is going to be a considerable project, because they don't have the time to try five different things, one at a time, each one occupying all
I cut 'em to 131 feet. They work very well. Make them 90 degrees apart if possible. I used this for years. No buried radials. 73 N7RT _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ...
'allo, Has anyone ever thought of using Y shaped radials. Ie you start off with your 0.125 length radials then at the end you attach 2 more radials (still going away from the antenna). You could then
Hello I am using a 2 element phased vertical (towers) on 80 meters.There are about 75 radials under each tower for 80M. Now I want to use only one of these towers for 160 meter.... I Want to add radi
Because this question is a very good one, it is one that has been asked (and answered) over and over again. The best answer I've seen is in the latest ARRL Antenna Book chapter on Grounding, by Rudy