Pete, I added 4 radials and a 4' ground rod like you did. I am not sure
if adding more will help, but I am pretty sure it could not hurt, so it
might be an easy test. Another thing I did which seemed to help was to cut
the trace as described in the documentation to isolate the feedline shield
from the ground of the antenna. I also put a feedline choke on the coax
near the antenna to try and make sure the feedline was not picking up
signals and disrupting the pattern. My choke was 6 turns through 5 stacked
#31 cores. I am quite happy with the performance of it. Good luck!
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 4:34 PM Peter Bertini <radioconnection@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello to the group. I installed a K9AY system last week and added four 21
> foot radials on ground radials with a ground rod at the center. The
> antenna didn't seem to have much directivity, so today I added another four
> 4-ft inexpensive TV type ground rods at the ends of each of the radials.
> We've had some heavy rain, but tonight I am noticing excellent nulls on
> European stations when changing directions. The antenna is located in a
> wooded area, and I had assumed the ground was fairly conductive, but
> apparently not... would adding another set of four radials in between the
> existing four improve the system? I am not sure how much the change
> relates to the heavy rains or adding the grounds.
>
> Pete
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