[TowerTalk] COUNTERPOISE for Dipoles

[Jeff Stai WK6I]

(this is a resend - sorry if doubles appear, but I think my ISP ate the first try)

Tom Rauch wrote:
> 
...
> I first learned of this trick back in 1962 or so, when I saw the
> installation at W8PSX on 160 meters. He had by far the strongest
> 160 meter signal of anyone from his are, but ran no more power.
> He had a large counterpoise of parallel wires below his 160 meter
> dipole.
> 
> When I did the same thing, people saw a definite improvement.
> 

hi - could I please have a couple clarifications...? this is all new to me:

- Were the wires right below in a bundle or spread out by some amount?

- How many wires?

- Above the surface, below, or on the surface?

- 1/4 wave, 1/2 wave, dipoles, ?

- does this change the pattern or move the gain to a different angle?

thanks very much! - js

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jeff stai
WK6I DM13
NAR #21059 TRA #3356 L2
jstai@home.com / wk6i@arrl.net
ROC web page: http://www.rocstock.org/

-- 
jeff stai
WK6I DM13
NAR #21059 TRA #3356 L2
jstai@home.com / wk6i@arrl.net
ROC web page: http://www.rocstock.org/

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