[UK-CONTEST] HF6V Radials

[Jim Martin]

Hi Don
I had a similar problem on the Summer Isles this year when the base loading
coil had a poor connection. This coil only comes into play on LF and is used
to lower the SWR and has no effect on resonance. The  more compressed the
coil the poorer the earth system.  I would have thought with your radial
system the coil would be opened to about 3 inches.  I use sixteen radials
and have to adjust the coil to between 2 and 3 inches depending on the
actual ground conditions to get minimum swr on 80m.
Have a look at the radial info and general HF6V information at
www.bencher.com  which is an eye opener for anyone who uses a vertical!
73
Jim  MM0BQI
(MM0Q in this weekends RTTY WAE contest)


--   MM0BQI/P   --  IOTA DXpedition Summer Isles, EU92, IOSA SC10,  18-27
October 2003


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