Topband: "Missing" Buried Radials for a Monopole

[Tom W8JI]

> I should have stated that in the absence of radials, the coax will radiate
> instead due to the common mode current on the outside of the shield. 
> That's
> a given.
>
> Let's forget that I said a small number of symmetrical radials, and assume
> a large number. You said "With four radials things look pretty good", but
> lets make it 60 or 120. And while we're at it, let's choke the heck out of
> the coax with lots of ferrite beads over the jacket. What percentage of 
> the
> radiation comes from the radials then? Probably, it's pretty 
> insignificant.
> (Maybe.  :-)

Power is I^2, so we can assume if we divide current between enough radials 
each radial will not radiate much at any distance compared to the antenna. 
We not only have cancellation at a distance, we have much less near each 
radial.

Spreading things around is a good thing.

73 Tom