[TowerTalk] Radial length

[Larry Banks]

The length of your radials is a function of the number of them.  The ARRL 
Antenna Book has a lot of very good information about this.

73,
Larry
W1DYJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at verizon.net>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Radial length


> 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
>
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