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Re: [TowerTalk] HF2V Elevated or On Ground - Redux

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HF2V Elevated or On Ground - Redux
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:16:14 -0800
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On 11/22/2013 1:08 PM, Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA wrote:
I was always taught, and usually found it to be more or less true, that if
you slope radials downwards towards the ground, you’ll get closer to a
50-Ohm match.

Hi Mike,

I've not looked at that, but in general, the closer radials get to the earth, the great the loss. I would worry a lot less about SWR and a lot more about ground losses.

Thanks for all our many contest Qs.

73, Jim K9YC
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