I wanted to remind everyone that the data I showed on signal strength versus
radial number is for my particular location. If your soil is significantly
better than mine, the difference between 4 and 64 radials would be smaller
and the curve should flatten out sooner (lower number of radials). The
absolute values would of course be higher for all measurements. Good soil
is better than poor soil. On the other hand if your soil is worse than mine
then you would expect the difference to be larger and the curve to flatten
out a higher number of radials. It's common sense, the poorer your soil, the
harder you have to work on the ground system. Of course the ground system
only helps with efficiency, it's no help for the far-field pattern. If you
live on a salt marsh then life is good.
73 Rudy N6LF
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