[TowerTalk] Unique Short Radial Challenge - N5OT Question

[Chet Moore]

Radials under the K9AY loop???

Possibly I did something wrong here but.............I put up the W2UP 
rotatable loop which is a single loop I turned with a rotator but 
essentially the same principle as a K9AY.........I think.

When I ran out an extra 20 radials last year from the inverted L,  6 or 7 of 
them were laid right on the ground right under the W2UP loop and all 
directivity disappeared.   The loop is still a good LOW NOISE antenna 
compared to the inverted L but with no directivity it may not be worth my 
time to put it back up this year.

Should running the radials under the loop have  affected the  rx pattern???

73

Chet N4FX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Beckwith" <n5ot at n5ot.com>
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Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Unique Short Radial Challenge - N5OT Question


>I have a second question about short radials: If you were to improve the
> ground under a K9AY loop by using radials, how many and how long?  160m
> only.  Thanks,
>
> Mark, N5OT
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> I asked this question in a different way recently
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