[TowerTalk] Another Ground Radial Question

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Overlapping is OK.  The only problem might develop when corrosion  
causes intermittent contact between radials.  Of course, insulated  
wires avoid this situation, in most cases.

Why not put down insulated wire for the NEW radials?

ALL my radials are insulated ... all 360 of them.   Each set of 180  
radials (3 verticals in each array) overlap, but no problems here!

73
Don
N8DE




Quoting Kshaddrick <kshaddrick at jetup.net>:

>
> Somewhere in the distant past I read that the radials of one antenna  
>  cannot overlap those of another. Is this really true? There are  
> some  folks who indicate that if the radials are insulated it  
> shouldn't be  a problem. My issue is I have an existing vertical  
> installation  within radial range of a new tower installation. I  
> plan to shunt  feed the tower and if I can't overlap the existing  
> radials from the  vertical antenna, that will leave quite a wide  
> area with no radial  coverage for the shunt fed antenna (basically  
> from east through  south to the west, the vertical sits in the south  
> east and the house  covers the rest).
>
> Kelley - W0RK
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