[TowerTalk] One more ground radial question

[R. Earle Sanders]

I have to admit that I am in aan enviable position...whatever the number of
radials I need that is what I install.  The more the Merrier.  in my major
radial field below the vertical I had 120 radials it worked like a charm and
the cows didn;t seem to mind one bit.  Seriously,  my view is that you are
under-radialized (a word?).

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Connelly
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:18 AM
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] One more ground radial question


Hello
I do not want to flog the proverbial dead horse but I am
trying to understand something here.  My inverted L for 160m
seems to work fairly well but the tuning is far from o.k.  Right now
I have 5 on-ground radials.  Three are 1/4 wave long and two sre 30'
shorties. I intend to end up with 12 to 24 but weather hasn't been usable
yet.
I got the length pruned to lowest swr (about 1.6) but everytime it rains or
snows
it goes up to 3 or 4.  I realize a tuner will handle it but I like tuning
for freq. of
interest and only using a tuner when away from that freq. range.  My yard is
average to poor soil.  It has lots of shale and a small amount of granite.
Is the moisture improving the soil's conductivity and lowering the
impedence??
Does this mean I need more (possibly many more) ground radials??  I wanted
to bury
them several inches down....so would that help even the swr curves some??
Forgive my ignorance but ground radials are new to me and I don't want to
copperplate
the backyard only to find out something else is really the culprit.
Thanks
JerryC
KC8TES

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