Topband: Ground Radials Yet Again

[Ian Keyser]

> Specifically, wire laid atop the ground may be considered to have a 
> velocity factor of 50%...which means, of course, that any 1/4-wave 
> (physically long) radials that I meticulously laid-out beneath my inverted 
> "L" last year were, in fact, 1/2-wave (electrically long) radials...



Wow, that explains a funny effect I was getting the other day on 20m when 
experimenting with a ground plane!!!