Topband: Short radials?

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Not that it was a surprise.  Says it in the beginning and spends the
last three pages on it.  Was a focused commercial enterprise.  73,
Guy.

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:
>
>> The principals were RCA employees.  The commission was an attempt to
>> encourage entrepreneurs to build more radio stations, and as the upper
>> reaches of BC band were not really in play yet, tower expense was a
>> killer discouragement. Therefore all the attention to good signals
>> from shorter towers over well-done and extensive radial fields.
>
>
> The study at the start says it to prove that short radiators can have good
> results, and that towers do not need to be 1/2 wave tall.
>
> I'll have to dig around when I get time.