On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:06:29 -0400, Joe Giacobello wrote:
> OTOH, wouldn't the remnants of the wire and its degradation products
>enhance the conductivity of the soil surrounding the antenna so that
>the remaining radials are now more effective?
NO! Go back to the ARRL Antenna Book and re-study the chapter on "The
Effect of Ground." Radials have NOTHING to do with the earth. Radials
REPLACE the earth in the antenna circuit by providing a much lower
resistance path than earth for the current and fields produced by
antenna current.
73,
Jim Brown K9YC
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