Dear Cesar;
The inside of the Four-Square radials must be soldered to a common buss.
There is a sheet in the Comtek Instruction Manual manual, that shows
something like this: A + vertical antenna
A I A
I
I
__________I________
I
I
I
A A
So a common buss goes straight thru the center of the 4 verticals and
another
common bus intersects it via the perpendicular.
Radials should not cross each other without a solder connection made.
Good Luck with your new 4-Square.
73,
Jim Miller, K4SQR
http://www.comteksystems.com
4-Square Experts, Stack Yagi
& Remote Antenna Switching Systems
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 19:27:04 -0200 "PY2YP" <py2yp@pobox.com> writes:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm working on a 4 square project with 4 towers which are
> now being painted. I've read the Low-Band DXing by ON4UN
> and find out on the "Buried radials" section that 60
> radials, 1/4 wave lenght, per tower will perform well.
>
> I can't use elevated radials because of I must "invade" the
> neighbors properties on each side of my property and an
> aerial invasion could be miss-understood, so I have to go
> by the underground. One side is an unoccupied lot and the
> other one is used only for growing fruit trees.
>
> The question is: Do I need to solder the radials which
> cross each other in the inner square? Is it too important?
>
> Tips for grounding the 4 square will be very wellcome.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar
> http://www.cwsp.org.br
> mailto:py2yp@pobox.com
>
>
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