[TowerTalk] Radial length

[Tom Osborne]

Howdy again

I was just out laying some radials and I remembered something I read 
somewhere.

What I read was that radials only have to be as long as the antenna.  The 
one I put up is about 109 feet long for 160 with the 80 meter trap/coil in 
it.

Is it true that my radials only need to be around 100 feet long instead of 
125 for full sized 160 meter radials or is that an old wives tale?   73
Tom W7WHY