I just put up an inverted L, with a vertical length of about 60 feet,
and a total of 135 feet. It is fed through 16 turns of RG-400 on a
ferrite core at the base. There are, as yet, no radials.
Because I was impatient to see what was going on, I grounded the shield
to a single copper-plated ground rod and connected my MFJ259B. I
expected a high R value, and I got one - 112-122 ohms. But surprisingly
(to me), lowest SWR was at 2.070 MHz, and X remained at zero over quite
a wide range - all the way down to about 1.7 MHz.
Is this all to be expected? I plan to put down at least minimum radials
in the next few days, and would expect the R value to drop as I do so.
Am I off-base?
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