Topband: Elevated Radials as a sub for the real thing?

[Gary Hinson]

> ... However these claims or myths persist that a few elevated "resonant 
> wires" a better ground doth make in comparison to a spider system of 
> more wires, shorter wires, laid in the ground or laying on top of the 
> ground. Do a few elevated resonant wire avoid the earth losses at the 
> base of a vertical?  Do they distort the field pattern by acting like 
> low dipoles, at least partially send radiation into the clouds above?
> 
> I am certainly interested, as I am sure so are others, what 
> the experts, 
> the modelers, the real world FSM testers have to say on this. ...

Me too Herb!  Well said.  Despite the current interest, I am dubious about
the value of just a few elevated radials over a decent earth mat but I
suspect it will take some patient scientific experimentation (like that
reported in QST a few months back) to settle this issue.  

73
Gary  ZL2iFB