[TowerTalk] How Many Radials?

["Dick Green".]

I'm sure this subject has been beaten to death, but Im looking for some
advice on radials.

I'm building a 40M 4-square with a used Colatchco phasing system I picked
up for nothing (anyone have any comments on this design?) The system will
be ground-mounted (not elevated.) The instructions say to use 40 33'
radials per element, connecting the overlapping ones to copper wire bus
bars running through the square. The guy I got it from used 64 radials per
element. Another friend says anything over 28 radials won't provide any
noticable improvement. What's the latest thinking on this?

73, Dick, WC1M


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