[TowerTalk] 10M groundplane radials

[Michael Goins]

They do need  to be resonant if elevated, not if ground mounted. Four
quarter wave will work just fine on 10 at 15 feet.

Mike, k5wmg
Pipe Creek, Texas
Green cars, slow boats, big dogs, old trucks, little radios, and summers off
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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:37 PM, EZ Rhino <ezrhino at fastmovers.biz> wrote:

> Wait....if they are being used as guys, then they are elevated radials and
> they will be TUNED radials.  If they are on/in the ground, they are not
> tuned.  I've played with this same set up and you adjust the SWR by varying
> the length of the monopole and/or the radials.
>
> Chris
> KF7P
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> On Dec 3, 2010, at 18:33 , n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
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> As many radials as possible, as long as possible.
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> They do NOT have to be 'resonant'.
>
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
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> Quoting Bill and Cindy <wb0o at yahoo.com>:
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> > A simple question: I'm going to put a 5/8 wavelength 10M vertical on a
> > 15' pole (one of the Zero-Five single band 5/8 verticals), with 4 radials
> > as the guys. Are the radials supposed to be 1/4 or 5/8 wavelength long?
> >
> > Thanks, Bill KO7AA in Tucson
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