Topband: How good is good enough

[Rob Atkinson]

>Just cut 20 more 70' radials.  Time to go play in the yard.

If that were all I could add, I'd switch them to 40 35' radials.

The R component of my inverted L on around 1840 is 11 ohms.  X is
around 20.  That's with 101 radials.  I look for a R of at least 15
ohms where X is minimal on an analyzer sweep.  At that point the
ground system is getting good.  The vertical part of the L should be
at least 50 feet.    Just ground the analyzer and put the vertical
element right into it.

73
Rob
K5UJ