Topband: "Missing" Buried Radials for a Monopole

[Mike Waters]

Tom,

Do you think that radials --either elevated or laying on the ground--
radiate? Or does all of the radiation come from the vertical monopole under
the radial system?

There is a recent thread about this on the antennex.com Antenna-discussion
forum, which I originated. I tend to believe that while there is a local
field around the radials, it does not go far. The far-field radiation only
comes from the vertical portion.

73, Mike
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