Liberal Arts Major type of question.....
On some verticle antennas (i.e. Butternut) there is a
coil between the feed point and ground. The coil is
about 1 1/2" in diameter and about 10 to 12 turns. I
think it is used for a DC ground return for
lightening. Then again....I may be wrong.
If I was to fabricate my own 1/4 wave verticle...is
such a thing needed for safety since my verticle I am
planning does not have an actual ground-ground...but a
ground plane instead. I would say the the antenna is
going to be a 1/4 wave ground plane.
Lee - K0WA
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