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

[Jan Erik Holm]

This issue will never get settled. There where measurements/tests done
over 10 years ago on this matter that did clearly show that 50-60 
radials on the ground always was better then forexample 4 elevated.

However if you ONLY can put up lets say 4 radials, 4 elevated (as high
as possible)is better then 4 on the ground.

Since humans always are looking for short cuts and "the easy way out"
this issue will always persist, but as they say "there is no free lunch".

/Jim SM2EKM
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On 2010-11-04 03:09, Gary Hinson wrote:
>> ... 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
>