[TowerTalk] 16om vertical and the number of radials

[Jim Brown]

On 12/2/2022 10:46 AM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> At Dayton/Xenia antenna forum this year 2022, N9NB had a pretty 
> interesting talk on low band verticals.  The key take-away from that was 
> that you could reasonably determine your actual ground loss based on VNA 
> measurement of your antenna, and comparing it with the model of same. Of 
> course the caviets apply - the more simple and idealized your antenna is 
> in reality, the easier it is to closely model the reality of the install 
> and get a better set of ideal numbers to compare the measured against.

The likely unknown here is the soil characteristic plugged into the 
model, as compared to what we have. :)

73, Jim K9YC