L.B. Cebik, W4RNL (SK) had a lot to say about the use of the term counterpoise.
His comments can be found here:
http://www.on5au.be/content/gp/cps.html
73,
Patrick, W7TMT
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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 03:54
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shunt fed tower on 160
>Yes, BUT: it's a COUNTERPOISE,
>From my experience, the conventional term for a monopole's radial field when
>at or below grade is "ground system"; when the radials are elevated, as in for
>example a land mobile vertical up on a tower on VHF, is "counterpoise." I
>suppose they can be interchangeable but in casual communication I've almost
>always had engineers use "ground system" when discussing medium wave antennas.
> IEEE Transaction papers are probably different.
73
Rob
K5UJ
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