I haven?t experimented on top band but I have tried elevated radials on 80M
¼ verticals. I had one in Houston Texas that worked wonderfully ? elevated
8 radials at about 10 ft. Ground conductivity in Houston was about as good
as anywhere in the US. I tried doing the same thing at 2 different QTHs in
Vermont and both were very disappointing. I gave up on elevated radials for
80 and 160M.
My experience has been that ground conductivity matters for a small number
of elevated radials.
I have been much happier with 48 ? ¼ wave ground radials.
Ed N1UR
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