Hi Dan,
You DEFINITELY want to use more than one radial for your
inverted L. I think you will see a meaningful improvement
with 4 elevated radials, especially if they are 1/4 wavelength long (on 160)
and a minimum of .05 wavelengths in height above ground (on 160).
I definitely would advise you to keep the feedline perpendicular to the
the radial with the feedline below the bottom of the L and the radials in
the horizontal plane.
I can tell you from my experience that 4 elevated radials will work much
better than one and the feedline and the radial not "playing together".
Someone more versed in theory can better explain why.
73 & gl!
Bob KQ2M
P.S. VERY funny about the Inv L being "off-topic" today. :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Bookwalter" <n8dcj@yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 7:44 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Radial crossing feedline
> Hello all
>
> i know this is a bit off topic today as its non-BPL
> and non-political :-)
>
> anyway...
>
> my one and only radial on my 40-160M Inv L is laying
> right on top of my feedline (perpendicular).... as i
> was putting it back out i was wondering what this does
> to the mix ???
>
> Dan N8DCJ
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