[TowerTalk] please advise on terminated vee beam design

[dan hearn]

A friend, N5RM in north Texas built a beautiful array of sloping V beams
which covered all directions. The center was at 200ft and the low ends
came to 8 ft posts. A wire ran down each post to a large power
terminating resistor and to ground rods. It sounds like a dream array,
however he told  me it was not nearly as effective as he expected. He
felt that it needed a ground screen beneath it. 
  My ARRL Antenna Book is 17th edition also. It mentions loss at the
ground termination being a problem and suggests a radial system. 

73, Dan, N5AR

Don Hall wrote:
> 
> Con,
> 
> I don't have a new one, but the 17th edition of the ARRL Antenna Book has a
> discussion of the terminated sloping V on page 13-9. Suggest you look at
> whatever edition you have.
> 
> 73  Don  K5AQ
> 
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