And, apparently, that is like an old wound that will not heal.
Radials need to be much shorter and I am trying to find the supporting math.
At a 1/4 wave, there is too much ground loss.
Mike
> On Oct 25, 2017, at 11:06 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
>
> I have read in a couple of articles that the radials need only be as long at
> the vertical element as well. I think W9UCW was one of the authors. It is
> all magic.
>
> W0MU
>
>
>> On 10/25/2017 9:49 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> I posted what I would, and am doing. I subscribe to the idea that the
>> radials should be about the length of the vertical as a minimum and using my
>> friend, N7CL's rule of thumb, their number should be enough to keep the tips
>> no further apart than 0.015 lambda.
>>
>> On, or in, the ground radials are much longer electrically than they are
>> physically because the Vp is much reduced. How much so, who knows? Put in
>> enough and resonance doesn't really matter. See Devouldere.
>>
>> Wes N7WS
>>
>>
>>> On 10/25/2017 7:46 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
>>> Explain why more radials over the counter poise.
>>>
>>> I'm hearing that 1/4 wave radials are actually too long and shorter raises
>>> the feedpoint.
>>>
>>> Mike va3mw
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 25, 2017, at 5:26 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would forget the counterpoise and add more ground radials.
>>>>
>>>> See https://www.w8ji.com/counterpoise_systems.htm
>>>>
>>>> Wes N7WS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/25/2017 7:38 AM, James Denneny wrote:
>>>>> I am constructing the K2AV FCP Counterpoise for my TB inverted L
>>>>> antenna. I live on a small lakeside lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> Should I disconnect the few ground radials when I install the FCP or
>>>>> leave them connected? Would both together degrade performance?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim K7EG
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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