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Re: [TowerTalk] Ground radials- the long and short of it

To: <k8do@mailblocks.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground radials- the long and short of it
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:30:13 -0400
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
At the risk of repeating, don't confuse resonance with the
point of peak efficiency. They are entirely different
issues.

73, Tom W8JI

> My testing on sandy soils shows 45% to 60% shortening when
on the
> ground - the better the soil the greater the shortening...
You can do
> your own simple test... Hang a dipole - any length - chest
high,
> measure the resonance point, drop it on the ground and
find the
> resonance, pull it up in the air and measure...


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