On a related topic, how much (minimum) should a radial be elevated off
ground to justify (in terms of performance) calling it an elevated radial on
160m? Is there some rule of thumb minimum elevation off the ground?
As a real world scenario say if someone has a 60' tree, elevating the feed
point of an "EL" 10' might be a worthwhile compromise, but would that be
enough?
73,
Ron, 6Y5/4S7RO
----- Original Message -----
From: K3SV, Bill Gillenwater <k3sv@direcway.com>
To: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Radials
> Question regarding elevated AND ground radials. A few have mentioned using
> both elevated and ground radials under inverted L's and towers, etc. I
have
> recently installed 4 full size elevated radials for a 160 shunt-fed tower
> and left some of the ground radials intact. Is there any
associated/unwanted
> ground loss when doing this? Should you go with one or the other and not
> both???? or does the old ham rule-of-thumb, "more is better" apply here?
>
> 73 and HNY Bill K3SV
>
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