Topband: Fw: "Missing" Buried Radials for a Monopole

[Bob Kupps]

That's a very interesting study. What about elevated counterpoise systems using a similar number of radials e.g. 20-30 and a perimeter wire? Are common mode feed line currents still difficult to suppress as with the 2 and 4 wire systems in your study, and is it even possible to resonate such a counterpoise?

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About 20-30 radials flattened off the 160 meter system using 1/4 wave 
verticals.

The 120 radials being "perfect" thing is obviously a myth, just like the 
idea it takes a special counterpoise to reduce losses better than a dozen 
other methods the same size.

I'm still hammering away at the counterpoise thing off and on:

http://www.w8ji.com/counterpoise_systems.htm

73 Tom 

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