[TowerTalk] HF2V Elevated or On Ground - Redux

[Jim Brown]

On 11/22/2013 1:08 PM, Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA wrote:
> I was always taught, and usually found it to be more or less true, that if
> you slope radials downwards towards the ground, you’ll get closer to a
> 50-Ohm match.

Hi Mike,

I've not looked at that, but in general, the closer radials get to the 
earth, the great the loss. I would worry a lot less about SWR and a lot 
more about ground losses.

Thanks for all our many contest Qs.

73, Jim K9YC