TopBand: ground losses

[Peter Chadwick]

Following on from Jim's point, how far out from the base of the vertical
do you need to go with a method of reducing ground losses? Intuition
suggests there would be advantages of getting out into the far field,
probably a half wavelength or so. However, the USAF study on antennas
for airborne SINGCARS suggested that a vertical over an infinite
resistance ground gave the best low angle radiation. So maybe a vertical
dipole in Arizona?

73 de Peter G3RZP

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