John, For your long wire situation, one set should be sufficient to provide adequate RF grounding at your tuner loaction - or if you prefer you could use an artificial ground instead (see recent discussion on the reflector). The situation with a monopole antenna is quite different than feeding a long wire --
For tuned radials on a vertical, you CAN use only one radial per band, but the radial will radiate (and pick up signals too - it works both ways) which will add a horizontally polorized component to the radiation pattern. Adding a second radial physically opposite the first will create the same phase currents in the two radials (relative to the base of the vertical) and the radiation will cancel, IF and only if they are physically opposite. No real magic involved!!! 73, Don W3FPR ----- Original Message ----- > Don, > I currently have the antenna attached to a good earth ground and will add > radials for each band per your suggestion. I understand that radials can > significantly improve the efficiency of monopole antennas. Should I try to > add more then one radial per band? > Thanks, > John K5XTX _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
