Topband: Question - optimum number of radials

[Tom W8JI]

I understand that 120 radials is the golden standard. At what point is there 
no significant improvement?>>>

120 radials never was a gold standard.

The FCC said if a AM BC station uses something like 110 radials, I forget 
the exact number, they can avoid doing a radial system proof of performance. 
I think Hams assumed that somehow meant 110 radials or whatever the exact 
number was were somehow "perfect".

There is no improvement here on 40M at about 20-30 radials. YMMV.

This will be different on different bands at the same location, and 
different on the same bands at different locations, and even different with 
different antennas. So what happens in one cause is probably not true in 
others.

Read carefully, and you will see even Rudy Severns says that, so his gold 
standard isn't gold.

73 Tom