>From: "Fritz Reuning, K4OAQ" <Fritz@k4oaq.com>
>I'm wanting to move my 160 inverted L a little bit closer to where my
>beverages are located. I have first hand experience that 30 ft is too
>close. Currently I have a quarter wavelength plus abt 30 additional feet
>between them. Do the radials enter into the equation. I.e., should you
>maintain a certain distance between the radials and the beverages.
My Beverage runs almost tangent to the circle formed by the ends of the
radials (120 quarter wave #12 bare soft-drawn copper wires buried 1-2 inches
in the soil). Thus the Beverage wire is a little over 1/4 wavelength from
the vertical tower itself. I wouldn't consider running a Beverage directly
over the radial system (and I recall someone on this list saying they had
tried it and the Beverage didn't work properly), but mine is just a few feet
awey from the ends of the radials. The Bewerage seems to work ok, but I
don't have another one farther away from the radial field to compare it to.
I'd be curious if someone can speak with experience on this problem.
Don K4KYV
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