On 1/26/2012 12:36 PM, Stuart Rohre wrote:
> I agree with you, but the original post defined a possibly balanced or
> near balanced vertical system, a quarter wave antenna with at least two
> radials. (This was the classic RCA design by Brown et al, when the
> ground plane antenna as it came to be called was invented.) (Later the
> marketing department wanted and added more radials
> "to look more symmetrical".)
But this antenna is NOT balanced -- the radials have a MUCH MUCH LOWER
impedance to earth than the vertical element. It is a GOOD antenna, but
it is NOT a BALANCED antenna.
73, Jim Brown K9YC
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