Topband: K2AV Counterpoise

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I have read in a couple of articles that the radials need only be as 
long at the vertical element as well.  I think W9UCW was one of the 
authors.  It is all magic.

W0MU


On 10/25/2017 9:49 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> I posted what I would, and am doing.  I subscribe to the idea that the 
> radials should be about the length of the vertical as a minimum and 
> using my friend, N7CL's rule of thumb, their number should be enough 
> to keep the tips no further apart than 0.015 lambda.
>
> On, or in, the ground radials are much longer electrically than they 
> are physically because the Vp is much reduced.  How much so, who 
> knows?  Put in enough and resonance doesn't really matter. See 
> Devouldere.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
>
> On 10/25/2017 7:46 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
>> Explain why more radials over the counter poise.
>>
>> I'm hearing that 1/4 wave radials are actually too long and shorter 
>> raises the feedpoint.
>>
>> Mike va3mw
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 25, 2017, at 5:26 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I would forget the counterpoise and add more ground radials.
>>>
>>> See https://www.w8ji.com/counterpoise_systems.htm
>>>
>>> Wes  N7WS
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 10/25/2017 7:38 AM, James Denneny wrote:
>>>> I am constructing the K2AV FCP Counterpoise  for my TB inverted L 
>>>> antenna.  I live on a small lakeside lot.
>>>>
>>>> Should I disconnect the few ground radials when I install the FCP 
>>>> or leave them connected?  Would both together degrade performance?
>>>>
>>>> Jim K7EG
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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