Good Day Again All,
Well, I've done my best to summarize all the respondents' comments in the
matter of elevated vs. ground-mounted radials---and I'll try now to summarize
these in a single-page format for benefit of all to see...
The results are certainly interesting, and some are as different
This white paper, written by Clarence Beverage may be of interest to the
discussion:
http://www.commtechrf.com/documents/nab1995.pdf
Paul, W9AC
- Original Message -
From: "ZR"
To: "Guy Olinger K2AV" ; "Eddy Swynar"
Cc:
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: E
Forgive me, please, if I'm re-hashing a bit of the "...same-old, same-old"
here, but I am really curious as to any "real world" experiences that
might be out there in the matter of elevated radials, vs. those that are
simply laid atop the ground...
(A) Is it true that a couple of elevated ra
Good Day All,
Wow...!
I received well over TWENTY responses from the Topband crowd in the matter of
elevated radials vs. those simply laid atop the ground---many thanks to all for
sharing your insight & personal experiences with me.
For benefit of the curious who asked, as well as for my own b
(C) How many elevated radials are "just enough"...?
Depends on how many dB you want to throw away. If you can, do 12 to
16. 32 is the kill-the-loss, never-look-back number.
The link below leads to a detailed post on this topic by William Culpepper,
a broadcast consulting engine