What about radials above the ground? Like what I'm planning to install ---
base of the vertical at around 5' to 6' above ground and slope all of the
radials from that 5' or 6' point down to the ground? Jim R. K9JWV
> From: rfry@adams.net
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 19:10:56 -0500
> CC: rfry@adams.net
> Subject: Re: Topband: Fwd: radals fer 160m vertcal
>
> Bud, W2RU wrote:
>
> > 3. Using radials that are longer than a vertical (of reasonable
> > electrical length) is tall simply wastes a lot of money (and real estate).
>
> Those tending toward such beliefs should be interested in the clip at the
> link below, as well as the BL&E study linked earlier in this thread.
>
> Note the logical conclusions therefrom that the radiation efficiency of
> every vertical monopole system of every electrical height depends on the
> loss of the r-f ground reference against which it is driven.
>
> These data show that for monopole heights no matter how short in electrical
> wavelength, system radiation efficiency using buried radials is dependent on
> the r-f loss in the circular surface area at/just below the surface of the
> earth within ~1/2-wavelength radius of such monopoles.
>
> In fact, the shorter the electrical heights of such monopoles, the more
> important such r-f loss becomes toward defining the radiation efficiency of
> those electrically short monopole systems.
>
> http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h85/rfry-100/GroundCurrentNearMonopole.gif
>
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