[TowerTalk] Shunt fed tower on 160

[W7TMT - Patrick]

L.B. Cebik, W4RNL (SK) had a lot to say about the use of the term counterpoise. His comments can be found here:

http://www.on5au.be/content/gp/cps.html

73,
Patrick, W7TMT

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 03:54
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shunt fed tower on 160

>Yes, BUT: it's a COUNTERPOISE,

>From my experience, the conventional term for a monopole's radial field when at or below grade is "ground system"; when the radials are elevated, as in for example a land mobile vertical up on a tower on VHF, is "counterpoise."  I suppose they can be interchangeable but in casual communication I've almost always had engineers use "ground system" when discussing medium wave antennas.  IEEE Transaction papers are probably different.

73
Rob
K5UJ
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