Hi Tom,
It's been done several times actually. I know there
were several articals in QST/CQ/HR over the years and
I probably have copies of them in my files. I can
probably dig them out and post a listing if there is
any interest.
Happy Holidays,
Stew K3ND
--- Tom Champlin <w0hh@msn.com> wrote:
> That is exactly what I would like to know. I know
> from experience that many
> radials will make a vertical work much better, but I
> would like to see some
> real world tests, not mathematical conjecture.
> Surely someone in the history
> of radio has taken a vertical and added a few
> radials and taken some kind of
> measurements and then added more radials ant taken
> the measurements again,
> and so on. If anyone has a reference to such
> testing, I for one would like
> to read it too.
>
>
> 73, Tom W0HH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm@telia.com>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:37 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: One more ground radial
> question
>
>
> > Is something like this ever confirmed by field
> > strenght measurements?
> >
> > 73 Jim SM2EKM
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Don Havlicek wrote:
> > > Yes!
> > > In my case ... 60 radials spaced 6 degrees apart
> .. then concentrations
> > > of ten radials at 1 degree each for Europe,
> Japan, South America, and
> > > VK/ZL ... works like gangbusters .. all I need
> now is to clean out the
> > > shack and put a new feedline out to the vertical
> again!
> > > Don
> > > N8DE
> > >
> > > va3pl@cuic.ca wrote:
> > >
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don
> Havlicek" <n8de@thepoint.net>
> > >> To: <kb9cry@comcast.net>
> > >> Cc: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:12 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] One more ground radial
> question
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> I believe the word "optimum" should be
> replaced with "sufficient".
> > >>> My experience with verticals tells me that 100
> radials works much
> > >>> better than 60, especially when concentrated
> in certain directions.
> > >>
> > ,
> >
> >
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