[TowerTalk] radial geometry

n4kg@juno.com n4kg@juno.com
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 17:38:57 -0600


My friend N4NO has a crawl space under his new addition /
ham shack which comes within 10 ft of his 90 tower.  He 
simply drilled small holes in the brick wall to continue his radials
through / under the house.

Tom  N4KG


On Mon, 03 Sep 2001 Sylvan Katz <jskatz@sk.sympatico.ca> writes:
> 
> TTians
> 
> I am burying radials under the lawn so that I can feed the tower as 
> a vertical. The tower is a few feet West of the house. I can easily 
> run 30-40' radials from tower to the N, NE, E, SE and S but I can not
run 
> radials from SW through to NW because of the house.
> 
> Questions:
> How much does the radial geometry affect the radiation pattern?
> Any suggestion how to deal with the radials that should be run where 
> the house lies (of other than moving the house or tower :-)?
> 
> tnx
> .. sylvan
> 
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> Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX
> Saskatoon, SK
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