I hope, to add some amplification to David's reply, I would add that
basically, when you connect to ground, you have connected to anything
else that is also connected to ground. As an addendum, I would also add
that anything less than 1/2 wave vertical is going to require ground
connections AND radials. In effect the radial field mirrors the
vertical 1/4 wave and makes the antenna more closely act as a 1/2 wave
antenna, Within reason, the longer the radials out to about 1/4 wave,
the more effective the radial system and pattern is going to be. Also,
12 to 16 radials is not bad and double that is better.
Cheers and good luck.
John / WA11JG
On 6/25/2013 9:47 AM, David Robbins wrote:
The more connected the better... but beware, this is a religious argument with
some so you will hear that the absolutely must be complete separate and you
must put chokes at the feedpoints, etc... ignore them and connect them
together, share wires, use welded fence wire, etc... the only thing you want to
watch out for is crossing wires that aren't well connected which could cause
rectification.
Jun 25, 2013 09:25:23 AM, jms_k1sd@verizon.net wrote:
I'm going to be phasing a pair of verticals (HF2V) on a small lot.
Should each vertical's set of radials be isolated from each other or would
it be OK to allow them to overlap. Or, would it even be more advantageous
to connect both sets of radials together electrically/physically?
73 James K1SD
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