[TowerTalk] Part 2: Soil and Antennas --Tutorail

[K7LXC]

In a message dated 98-03-02 20:21:07 EST, jreid@aloha.net writes:

<< >OK, a dipole needs good ground reflection.  I thought a friend of mine 
 >on Molokai was strange when he ran a half-wave ground radial under his 
 >dipole.  Do you think it did anything--good or bad?
 
 Did nothing useful  to add to the performance of the dipole.   >>

     Well, sort of. If you put a 1/2 wave wire under the dipole (within some
limits) and it is, say, 5% longer than the dipole - you've got a yagi
reflector under the dipole. This 2 element 40M dipole is a popular SS antenna
on the east coast. 

73,  Steve  K7LXC

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