[TowerTalk] 1/4 wave vertical with counterpoise

David Gilbert ab7echo at gmail.com
Fri Jan 16 21:01:23 EST 2026


I mentioned before that I thought we should consider a radial system for 
a quarter wave vertical to be just a counterpoise, and it turns out that 
a bit of research says that is obvious.  That wouldn't be the first time 
I stumbled across something I thought was interesting only to find out 
that it was common knowledge, but in any case I did some EZNEC models to 
investigate that further.  This YouTube video describes what I did.

https://youtu.be/teazjobNBFA

I'm pretty crummy at these videos (and they are often best watched at a 
higher speed) so be gentle with me, but I'd appreciate any comments --- 
pro or con --- on the content.

Take care,
Dave   AB7E



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