[TenTec] Radials

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Jun 9 22:08:38 EDT 2004


On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:30:04 -0500, Mike Gorniak wrote:

>Also, I used the term "within 3 db". Actually, the 2 times that I tried 
>this experiment, the results were 2.4 and 2.1 db improvement in Field 
>Strength when adding 90 (not 60) quarter wave radials to the existing 30.
>
>The Field Strength was measured using a Potomac FIM 41 Field Strength meter 
>on a dozen monitor points at distances of 1 to 3 miles from the antenna.

Hey guys -- notice what real engineering entails. This is the right way to do things, it's a 
LOT work, but it means something when you're done!  Many thanks for sharing this, Mike. 
This must have taken you lots of hours (several weeks of work) to do. 

Jim Brown  K9YC




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