[TowerTalk] Vertical with 1 radial

[Mark Robinson]

That is not a lot of gain.. What band where you thinking of using? That is a 
long horizontal wire to hold out and rotate for just 3dB

I modeled a vertical with one resonant radial and yes it slewed the pattern, 
so there would be some gain.


Mark N1UK



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at frontier.com>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, 12 May, 2011 3:23 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Vertical with 1 radial


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> Hi All
>
> In the past 2 months, I have seen two different articles in ARRL
> publications that say a vertical with 1 radial has gain in the direction 
> of
> the radial.  One said 3 db.  Evidently Eznec confirmed this.
>
> Why the heck do I bother putting down all those radials under my 
> verticals??
> According to one article, 1 radial is best because it gives the antenna a
> real wide bandwitch, SWR is close to 50 ohms, and has gain in the 
> direction
> of the radial.  Seems like those symptoms would give loss not gain.
>
> Is this true, or is the ARRL just publishing anything now?  Sure is
> different from anything I've ever known about verticals.
>
> Seems like I should be able to put up an antenna with 1 radial on my rotor
> and I could point it just like a beam.  Fill me in.  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
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