[TowerTalk] parasitic elements for vertical arrays

[Jim Lux]

At 09:58 AM 3/7/2007, w2cdo at comcast.net wrote:
>Again, apologies for being a little off topic.  In my ongoing quest 
>to get more for less, I'm planning to put a 40 meter Hamstick .15 
>wavelength south of my multiband vertical in an effort to get some 
>directionality for north polar paths.  Kinda curious to see if this 
>will work.  So here's my question: do I need to lay out radials for 
>the parasitic element or will it function (an unproven assumption) 
>without them?

Yes, it needs radials, just like any other monopole. (Unless it's a 
40m dipole?)


>thanks in advance
>
>Peter W2CDO
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