Topband: Elevated Radials

[Hardy Landskov]

I cut 'em to 131 feet. They work very well. Make them 90 degrees apart if 
possible.
I used this for years. No buried radials.
73 N7RT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lars Harlin" <lars.harlin at one.se>
To: "Wayne Rogers" <n1wr at chesapeake.net>; "Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Elevated Radials


> Quick answer. With elevated radials its essential to keep them resonant.
> Connect them in pair, like a dipole,
> and fine tune them for the desired frequency.
>
> GL es 73 de Lars, SM3BDZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Rogers" <n1wr at chesapeake.net>
> To: "Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:14 PM
> Subject: Topband: Elevated Radials
>
>
>> Quick question.  I have 500 feet of wire.  I'm going to install raised
>> radials on my 90 foot (Gamma fed) tower.  Is it better to install three
>> 1/4
>> wave radials, or four  125 foot radials?  Or does it matter?
>>
>> Thanks, Wayne N1WR
>>
>>
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