Topband: Elevated vs Buried Radials

[Ken Brown]

Hi Gary,

You said:

>The entire vertical + radial system is elevated for modeling at different
>heights -- meaning that the 160M vertical with buried radials is approx. 135
>feet tall, while the vertical with radials elevated 60 feet has the top at
>195 feet.
>
This is so typical of vertical/radial system performance comparison 
data. Of course more data is better, and I am glad this data  has been 
published (even though I can't see it) I sure would like to see some 
data that is more directly applicable to the physical constraints we 
often have to work within. Most people will put up the tallest tower 
they can manage, or in my case, use the tallest already existing 
support. Then the question is how to get the best performance with that 
available height. I would like to see comparisons wherin the total tower 
height remains constant, and the feedpoint height and radial system 
height and number of radials are the variables.

EZNEC 3.0 is the best modeling program I have, and we are often warned 
about the doubtful accuracy when close to the ground.

DE N6KB