Re: Topband: Elevated Radials

2013-03-02 Thread Eddy Swynar
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

Re: Topband: Elevated Radials

2013-03-02 Thread Paul Christensen
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

Re: Topband: Elevated Radials

2013-03-02 Thread Tom W8JI
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

Re: Topband: Elevated Radials

2013-03-02 Thread Eddy Swynar
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

Re: Topband: Elevated Radials

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Fry
(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