This discussion reminded me of a question that I’ve often wondered about but have never asked. I have read that when laying out radials on or under the ground, one should be careful to ensure that they radiate out from a central point without ever crossing one another.
I have also read about this idea of using galvanized mesh in place of a traditional radial field. In a mesh, the conductors not only cross, but are bonded together at every crossing. So, is there actually an issue if a couple radials happen to cross each other? Not that one would do so on purpose, but when adding radials to a system where the existing ones are no longer visible, it could easily happen… Curious minds want to know. On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 2:55 PM Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > On 1/16/2022 12:19 PM, Mike Markowski wrote: > > A construction site had left over galvanized mesh rolls that I bought at > > great discount. I unrolled them symmetrically about my then soon-to-be > > installed vertical. Easier than individual for lazy hams like me:-) and > > 2nd qso at 100W from Pennsylvania was Cambodia! That qso made my day and > > then some. > > Rob Sherwood, KC0B, published on this in the May 1977 edition of "Ham > Radio," and I included his ideas in this talk. > > http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to dave.w...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
