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Re: Topband: short Elevated Radials for 160m V160HD

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Subject: Re: Topband: short Elevated Radials for 160m V160HD
From: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
Reply-to: herbs@vitelcom.net
Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 18:48:12 -0400
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Remember Frank that if you would use insulated wire and merely lay it on the earth you may be able to take advantage of the velocity factor which would shorten the need for a longer wire which is elevated. The closer you wire is on top of the earth the more pronounced this effect should be. It may also depend on the ground beneath the wire but some users of this method claim that a 90' wire laying insulated on the ground works as well as a full length quarter wave elevated one. Also you might consider laying down a ground screen of 50' by 50' and measure some base impedance before and after. Of course there may be no advantage to using both as one may defeat the purpose of the other. Again depending on the soil conditions, ground screens are said to be an adequate alternative to full sized ground systems.

Regards,

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ




On 5/9/2013 3:28 PM, dl8yhrfrank@aol.com wrote:
  Hi all...
I do have vy limited Space here on the ground..
My Radialfield now is some 60 to 80 Radials between 5 and 20m....most? of them 
below 10m? and they are some 2 to 3 cm in the ground..
I can do 3 Elevated Radials some 2m high with a leng of 30 to 40m.....to get 
them in resonanz i can fix them with a ltle coil at the ends maybe...
Anny have experence can know whats a better solution?
Anny comments are vy welcome....its summertime so time to rebuild the Titanex 
Vertikal and to improve the setup..
Hw?
V 73
Frank
DL8YHR.de


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