<You said "3.) Use the largest counterpoise possible, and use one that does
not
concentrate current, zig-zag current all around, or produce unnecessarily
high voltages." In 300 words or less please explain again Zig-zag current?>
Jim,
While some forms of coiling, folding, and bending are better than others at
accomplishing different things, the general rule is we want to keep
counterpoise wires for a Marconi antenna as straight as possible away from
the antenna base.
This is because we generally want displacement currents, which are what
allow reduction of current along the length of the radiator and allow
current flow out to an open end, to have a short straight low-loss path back
to the antenna base and to not create more displacement current inside
conductor paths than necessary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_current
Without displacement currents, Kirchhoff's laws cannot be satisfied in AC
circuits involving capacitances, either lumped as a component or distributed
along conductors.
73 Tom
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