Topband: Using 4 - 6 elevated radials in lieu of 120 buried wires

[Joe]

I guess this list doesn't pass images sorry.

Joe WB9SBD

On 1/5/2024 9:55 AM, Joe wrote:
> I beg to differ on the High Maintenance possibility.
> I live in Southwest Wisconsin the Deer hunting capital of maybe the 
> world.
> There are deer in my yard every day.
> We have wind storms,
> We have Ice storms, Bad ones like take down professional broadcast 
> tower Ice storms.
>
> Yet my 40 meter 1/4 wave vertical has been up for 20+ years.
> The base is up 10 feet,
> The radials act as sloping guy wires. the ends only 2 feet above the 
> ground. So prime Deer attack prey.
>  It has yet to have issues from Deer or weather,
> View from base looking up.
>
> And view  during a 60 Mph+ storm.
>
>
> Joe WB9SBD
>
> On 1/5/2024 9:38 AM, Wes Stewart via Topband wrote:
>>   Not me.  My radials are all on the ground and they are all 
>> appropriately shortened.
>>
>>      On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 08:05:47 AM MST, Jeff 
>> Blaine<keepwalking188 at ac0c.com>  wrote:
>>     There is another practical issue here.  I would agree that elevated
>> radials can work great.  But in practice, MAINTENANCE of the elevated
>> radials is a non-ending headache.  Around here we have deer and ice and
>> wind and on and on.  I ran various 40m 4SQ elevated radial schemes for
>> years and eventually went to an in-ground installation because I was
>> tired of the hassle.
>>
>> You are probably a far better mechanical and electrical hand than I am.
>> But this maintenance aspect of elevated radials is something I don't
>> think gets enough mention.
>>
>> 73/jeff/ac0c
>> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>> www.ac0c.com
>>
>> On 1/5/2024 8:42 AM, Wes Stewart via Topband wrote:
>>> I was about to recommend Rudy's work. He is a prolific experimenter 
>>> and writer; reading his stuff will answer almost anything you ever 
>>> what to know about vertical antennas, ground systems and receiving 
>>> antennas.
>>> I have a folder on my hard drive with 30-40 of his papers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 01:03:55 AM MST, Jim 
>>> Brown<jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Some thoughts about that particular installation and why it worked 
>>> well,
>>> based on my study of Rudy Severns' excellent work on the topic.
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