> W8LRL's 3/8 vertical with 360 3/8 radials at his QTH seems
> to perform as good as 4 sq at low angles.
> We will run some tests between his "standard" and various
> configurations at our Ocean Gate N2EE QTH.
> I am looking forward to play with some designs there,
> taking advantage of salty marshes.
I wonder how can that be?
Everything known to man shows that with around 50 or 60 1/4
wave radials over any type of soil a system is out at the
very top of efficiency curves. Any Marconi vertical system
on any soil has reached well into the 90% range with just 50
or 60 radials.
A four square has 5-7dB gain over a single vertical of the
same construction.
I can't understand that unless someone has 400% antenna
efficiency. How would that happen?
73 Tom
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