Good grief! Do I need to dig up and locate the ends, and connect all of my 60
buried radials now?
It was a big enough job planting 2000 m of wire in the first place.
I took care to seal the end of each of the PVC insulated ground radials, with
the aim of reducing water ingress and corrosion.
73, Luke VK3HJ.
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From: Carl Braun
Sent: Thursday, 25 March 2021 11:11 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Ground Radial question - Perimeter connections
Hello Topbanders
Another question for the experts...
When installing ground radials on a ground mounted vertical, how critical is it
to connect those radials together at the far ends? Some technical references
show the outer tips of the ground radials connected with what they call
'perimeter connections' and I'm wondering if these connections really add value
to the ground radial screen. Has anyone modeled a single vertical or an array
with and without these 'perimeter connections' to determine if they are worth
the time and effort to install? Please advise.
Thank you
Carl W9LF
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