Topband: Elevated Radials

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When you use elevated radials, how do you transition them back down to 
the feed-point, which could be near ground or up a couple of feet?

thanks Dwight NS9I

On 10/24/2010 11:36 PM, Hardy Landskov wrote:
> 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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