Topband: Matching Transformer

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:27:17 -0500, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:


>> Here it is:......a ROG or radial on ground (attached only to 
>> the tower ground) gains some length due to the VF laying on 
>> earth.....this allows for shorter radials that appear to be 
>> at RF longer. 

>Radials on the ground are not resonant.  In that application 
>you don't care about resonance as they are simply a device 
>for collecting the return currents and increasing conductivity 
>in the ground.  Quite simply, with on/in ground radials, it is 
>the area they cover that is important ... not whether they are 
>resonant. 

Au contrair!  See work by N6LF, which strongly suggests that there 
are resonance effects, especially with only a few radials. 

73,

Jim K9YC