[TowerTalk] Radial Ends Buried???

[Jim Brown]

On 11/18/2022 1:28 PM, Wes wrote:
> By serendipity, I measured the input impedance of one radial against all 
> of the others and it's resonant at 1.84 MHz.

About ten years ago, I did the experiment of modeling a pair of radials 
cut to a free-space resonance,  starting with them as close as NEC2 
would allow it, and raising them in small increments to several feet. VF 
with that closest contact was about 0.7. By 3-4 ft, was close to free 
space, taking the #14 THHN jacket into account. I also did some 
measurements of THHN #14 pairs laying on the ground, but don't recall 
the result.

73, Jim K9YC