Topband: Radials on a fence

[Peter Dougherty]

At 09:43 PM 11/21/2006, Jon Zaimes AA1K wrote:
>Peter,
>
>You didn't mention what antenna you were feeding against  this, but 
>assuming it is a vertical or inverted L, I would stick with the 
>wires on the ground. Anythng above ground is just likely to 
>interfere with the pattern. Just add the copper to your other radials.

Yes, this will be pushing against an inverted L. What I should have 
mentioned is that I can only have a radial field in about a 90-110 
degree arc (west through a little east of north, and maybe 1 or two 
due east). Every other direction is either not my property or 
paved-driveway/house/garage - though I am considering putting a 
couple of elevated radials over top of the garage roof. I can 
probably put down 8-10 full-length radials and 20, 30 or maybe 40 
others of varying lengths.

If it would help, I could lay a couple out around the curved 
perimeter of my land, about 250 to 300' from the feed point. 
Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of length available in a 
straight line for a beverage. Oh well :-/



Cheers,

Peter,
W2IRT