...It looks like I have to use a LOT more sod clamps every couple of feet to nail down these radials, before I destroy my entire RF system. Are there other ways to create a ground screen? ... The har
HI... I HAD ESSENTIALLY THE SAME SET UP WITH MY GROUND RADIAL SYSTEM. HERE'S IS HOW I SOLVED IT/ FIRST THING I DID WAS TO SET THE LAWN MOWER FOR AS SHORT A CUT AS IT WOULD GO. ONCE OVER THE LAWN AND
Fred, I've had the same problem with my radials for the 4 square and the shunt fed tower on 160M. Both myself and the dog can't seem to pick up out feet until the grass overgrows the wires. And trust
The ideal depth for radials is on the surface of the ground but in the broadcast industry we normall bury them about 4" (10cm) below the surface. We have two stations where the radials were buried in
Your question makes it look like I suggested using stainless steel wire--but it was not me. It was Henrik, OZ1ING, who made the suggestion. I would not recommend it for a number of reasons-- not to m
I have almost completed the installation of a 1/4 wave 80 meter vertical using an elevated radial system. At the present time I have only (12) 1/4 wave radials and some of these radials pass under my
I think you will find that using the Beverages as elevated radials is not going to work well. One requirement of elevated radials is they should not produce much far field radiation. Otherwise the pa
Stikes me that this would be an ideal time to further confirm the statements in ON4UN's book, Low-Band DXing. See chapter 9, para 2.2.12 and 2.2.13. The existing radials might then be moved to concen
Hi Fellow Topbanders, I am in a process of installing a 27m tall vertical for 160m at my new contest QTH.(flat valley with no big obstacles at least 100 wavelenghts on 160m). In the past I have only
W0AH brought up a subject last week regarding connecting various radial systems together............. I got to thinking about this and have a question about it-- My 160 meter Inv L has 90 raidals on
up to date in understanding that the "elevated radials" being discussed can mean either "totally elevated" or "sloping upward from ground elevated". The latter is a new one for this old dog. Christm
It is really amazing to continually read the ongoing discussion concerning groundradials, elevated radials. oblique radials, phantom radials, etc radials. Kinda sounds like Democrats and Republicans
I remember seeing old article on experiments and measurements of elevated radials over various conductivity ground. The current in the elevated radials seemed to vary with conductivity under the radi
hello ... i am looking for info regarding mixing on the grnd radials with a elevated radial system ... whats the story on doing this .. does adding 20 or 30 on the grnd radials to a inv L that curren
To: <topband@contesting.com> You are the second person to complain about bounced mail. I'll have to cattleprod the sysad guys to see whats different recently. I still get a _lot_ of externally origin
To: <topband@contesting.com> Yes, indeed, they do! Right down to the surface of it, actually. Yes, in the far field, a radiator is a radiator. Out there you can't tell if the radiation came from a s
Right on. I like to view this current as the current created because the antenna needs something for the other terminal to "PUSH" against. The sum of currents flowing in ALL the wires running up vert
In 1980 based on advice from a friend who had done a lot of government antenna work for WWV, VOA (I think), I put up 192 feet of Rohn 25G (!) solely dedicated to 160 Meters and had 9 radials (3 from
I guess this list doesn't pass images sorry. Joe WB9SBD On 1/5/2024 9:55 AM, Joe wrote: I beg to differ on the High Maintenance possibility. I live in Southwest Wisconsin the Deer hunting capital of