[TowerTalk] Fwd: Radial Ends Buried???

[Larry Banks]

The only possible reason I can think of for burying the ends of 
on-ground radials is the potential for high voltage at the end.  Just 
like being sure that you can't touch the end of a raised radial.

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ


On 11/18/2022 14:43, Steve Dyer W1SRD via TowerTalk wrote:
> I have a mish-mash of long, short, insulated, bare, solid, stranded, 
> thick, thin, on ground and below ground radials for 80 and 160 that 
> has accumulated over the years.
> It doesn't matter. What matters is how many and length (coverage) with 
> rapidly diminishing returns after 60 or so. Plenty of research to back 
> that number. Make them as long as you can and as symmetrical as you 
> can for the land you have. If you have land to do a beautiful circle 
> of perfectly sized radials, great. Otherwise do the best you can.
> Point being there is no reason for hand wringing over it. Tenths of a 
> dB on the low bands just don't matter.
>
> 73,
> Steve
> W1SRD
>
> On 11/18/2022 10:23 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> On 11/18/2022 8:38 AM, Test wrote:
>>> I'm about to install 20 radials for a Hi-Gain AV-18HT and Hi-Gain 
>>> recommends
>>> burying the Radial ends if installing less than 60 radials.
>>
>> There is ZERO reason for radials making electrical contact with the 
>> earth. Their function is to provide return current for the antenna IN 
>> PLACE OF the earth, which is very lossy (that is, it wastes 
>> transmitter power), and to SHIELD the antenna's fields from the earth.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
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