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From: <lrpmbt@comcast.net>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:28 AM
Subject: Topband: Counterpoise very interresting
> http://www.antennex.com/shack/Dec06/cps.html
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Apparently Cebik failed to do enough research thru 1920's literature.....why
doesnt this surprise me.
The various magazines devoted to the consumer radio as well as the various
radios instruction sheets include the counterpoise under the random length
antenna. It was usually the option when a true ground connection was not
available and its actual function was not fully understood yet except that
it improved reception.
A magazine article followed by MFJ's Artificial Ground was another attempt
of using a counterpoise to eliminate RF problems in the shack by resonating
that wire without any thought of placement or polarity. I have no idea if it
worked but Radiokit sold many of their parts kit version.
Carl
KM1H
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