Topband: Fence "ground screen" instead of wire radials?

[Jim Brown]

On 9/12/2011 5:36 PM, ZR wrote:
> At that prior QTH, about 30 years ago, with the ground screen I had a pair
> of 1/4 wave 80M cage verticals that were also fed as 1/2 waves on 40M so Im
> rather cognizant of how to feed them. Tests showed that they performed much
> better when tied into the 80M radials of 60 at 70' long than to just a pair
> of 8' ground rods.

Not at all surprising -- the radials are terminating the FIELDS produced 
by the antenna as well as sinking current from the antenna.

73, Jim K9YC