[TowerTalk] Ground radials- the long and short of it

Ted KT1V kt1vbulk at demop.com
Fri Oct 22 07:25:42 EDT 2004


Scott,

It doesn't matter - ground radials are not resonant. Just put down a bunch 
of wire and it'll work

73
Ted
At 02:30 AM 10/22/2004, Scott Fike wrote:
>Pertaining to a ground-mounted vertical antenna with buried radials a few 
>inches below the surface of the grass:
>
>  Do ground radials have to be electrically the same length as the main 
> vertical radiator element?


Ted Demopoulos
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