Four 50-60 footers.
See: https://www.antennasbyn6lf.com/files/antenna_ground_system_experiment_4.pdf
for my rational.
Wes N7WS
On 9/2/2019 12:08 PM, N4ZR wrote:
More as an experiment and a thought-provoker than anything else, I've started
adding 50-60-foot, on-the-ground radials to my 135-foot inverted L. In the
latest incarnation I'm up to 4 radials. On my ancient MFJ-259B the lowest SWR
is 1.3:1 at 1825 KHz, with an R of 77. X=0 (the 259B doesn't give the sign of
j) from 1808 to1894, which I assume is roughly centered on the actual
cross-over point.
With my rudimentary knowledge of such things, I'm guessing that there remains
something on the order of 50 ohms of ground resistance to be reduced for
efficiency, through addition of radials. Question is, would I profit most by
adding another 4 50-60 foot radials, or 2 radials each 100-120 feet?
Comments appreciated.
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