[TowerTalk] Radials, elevated, or otherwise

[Jim Reid]

Hi,  ref questions about elevated dipoles:


> I wonder what the difference is, at those heights, between
> a GP as you describe, and a vertical dipole ? Seems to me
> that if you take half a standard dipole for the top bit, and
> half a fan dipole for the bottom bit, you've really got an
> elevated GP...

Here is an excellent photo of exactly the sort of antenna you
describe:

http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/images/radiostations/
wwvh-large/wwvh5.jpg