[UK-CONTEST] Ground wires under elevated radials..?

[Stewart Rolfe]

Hello gurus,

Have put up a 1/4 wave vertical for 40m with 2 elevated 1/4 wave radials ~2m off the deck. Situation is a wet field with lots of sheep pee and droppings and was wondering if it's worth throwing some ground radials underneath.

Low Band DXing suggests doing this but not directly ('galvanically') connecting them to the elevated radials - presumably improves the path for any capacitatively coupled currents from the elevated wires - the other plate of the capacitor I suppose....

I have a set of radials I could easily throw down for the weekend but a little worried the woolly ones might get tangled up in them.

Thanks and 73,

Stewart, GW0ETF