[TowerTalk] ground radial length vs antenna height?

[n8de at thepoint.net]

My 40m, 3-el vertical array has 60 34' radials under each vertical.

My 80m 3-el vertical array [to be erected SOON] will have 60 75'  
radials under each vertical.

You do the math.

Don
N8DE

Quoting Richards <jruing at ameritech.net>:

> Wow.... it talks about 8,000 to 16,000 feet of wire as the radial bed.
>
> That is a lot of wire.    More than 40,- 25-foot  radials the usual
> ham puts down.
>
> ================   Richards - K8JHR  =================
>
> Bob Maser wrote:
>> Gary, you really need to read an article written by Al Christman, K3LC.
>> Just look him up on Google under his article name: Maximum Gain Radial
>> Ground Systems for Vertical Antennas.  It was originally written for the NCJ
>> (National Contest Journal) March/April 2004.
>>
>
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