First, I want to thank all you antenna mavins for the great advice on my mobile whip/verticle dipole antenna. But I have one last question: As you know, I'm using a Pro-Am 30-meter whip JUST FOR 30 m
Bob, Although I am not specifically familiar with the configuration of the Pro-Am, I vote for leaving the ground wire on after you add radials-not for any RF reasons but rather for lightning protecti
Well, Carter, my "dipole" for 20, 15, and 10 meters is the radiator of my old TA33 jr beam. the rest fell down in '85. And there's no rotor no more. ;-) The old Ham M-2 is a rusted boat anchor in the
Author: geraldj@ames.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer)
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 09:46:00 -0500
For lightning, the more grounds the better and remember you have a ground through your coax braid too. 73, Jerry, K0CQ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/tentec Submissions: tentec@contesti
-- Original Message -- From: "Bob Mauro - PeopleNet" <mauro@idt.net> Bob, leave all the ground and radials. They all work together. The radials will only work on the frequency where they are tuned. I