On 1/21/2022 12:43 PM, Chuck Dietz wrote:
I have been following this thread closely because I am planning a 4 square
and thinking of the single, elevated radial from each vertical. For 160m I
was thinking of a quarter wave radial from the bottom of each vertical at
about 25’ sloping down to about 10’ at the end.
There's an applications note on my website, with a title about getting
on 160M from a small lot. It's mostly about radial systems and other
counterpoises. k9yc.com/publish.htm
The short answer is that by going cheap/simple/limited on the radial
system, you're losing some of the gain you hope to achieve with the
4-square. You won't notice the loss on RX, but you'll lose a few dB at
the other station to get over his noise.
73, Jim K9YC
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