Re: Topband: Radial connections

2012-09-02 Thread Tom W8JI
Any comments one way or the other ? Tie the all together at the roof and run one wire up or tie them to the 20 foot pipe at the roof ?>> There is no difference at all in results, provided you make good connections. The choke belongs below the counterpoise, not above it. The 3 feet simply bec

Re: Topband: Radial connections

2012-09-02 Thread Bill Cromwell
On Sat, 2012-09-01 at 20:12 -0700, rick darwicki wrote: > Hi all, > > When I had my house tented I had to disconnect the radials on my inverted L. > > There is a 20 foot pipe that sticks up about 3 feet above the roof and the > insulated vertical section is fed there with a big ferrite choke.

Topband: Radial connections

2012-09-01 Thread rick darwicki
Hi all,   When I had my house tented I had to disconnect the radials on my inverted L.   There is a 20 foot pipe that sticks up about 3 feet above the roof and the insulated vertical section is fed there with a big ferrite choke.   The radials were connected at the base 3 feet above the roof.