I looked into this some years back and was advised NOT to mix ground and
elevated radials. Can’t recall why.
My elevated radials are bent in every possible direction, and cover only about
120 degrees of the compass. Still, I’ve managed to work 147 countries on 160
and over 200 on 80 from a 11,200 square foot lot in San Jose, CA. The point
being, you can do reasonably well with a compromise set up. Just do the best
you can with what you have to work with and maximize your receive capability.
Good Luck and 73,
Bob AA6VB
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> On Oct 19, 2018, at 3:02 PM, "g4sgx@justfans.co.uk" <g4sgx@justfans.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In my limited garden I can get away with an 17 high inverted-L with 2 very
> bent elevated radials and very odd angles. One of them in the farmers field.
>
> It has certainly got me out but I have been told if I sick some copper rods
> down at the base and connect to the radials (coax shield and radials) this
> is not going to be beneficial.
>
> This seems counter-intuitive.
>
> Before I get digging (cos I got to try it anyway and take some analyser
> readings) can anyone comment on this?
>
> Iain G4SGX
>
>
>
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