Topband: Inverted L with elevated radials for topband

[sawyered at earthlink.net]

I haven’t experimented on top band but I have tried elevated radials on 80M
¼ verticals.  I had one in Houston Texas that worked wonderfully – elevated
8 radials at about 10 ft.  Ground conductivity in Houston was about as good
as anywhere in the US.  I tried doing the same thing at 2 different QTHs in
Vermont and both were very disappointing.  I gave up on elevated radials for
80 and 160M.

 

My experience has been that ground conductivity matters for a small number
of elevated radials.

 

I have been much happier with 48 – ¼ wave ground radials.

 

Ed N1UR