My 160 vertical is right up against the house so I have used “under the house”
radials for years. The basement is not finished out so I just tacked them to
the floor joist with a staple gun and brought them back to a central point at a
window just adjacent to the tower and drilled a hole
Charlie,
The article is:
Using elevated radials in conjunction with deteriorated
buried-radialground systems
Christman, A. ; Zeineddin, R.P. ; Radcliff, R. ; Breakall, J.
Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on
Volume: 39 , Issue: 2
Publication Year: 1993 , Page(s): 249 - 254
Al Christman K3LC has
Thanks so much for that information, Paul!!
Have a good evening!
73,
Charlie,K4OTV
From: Paul Staupe [mailto:sta...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:09 PM
To: topband; charlie-cunning...@nc.rr.com
Subject: RE: Topband Radial Question
Charlie,
The article is:
Using
One other consideration on radials above or below ground may be their effect
on your receiving antennas.
Lee K7TJR
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True! But some topband ops seem to just like to dig in the dirt to bury
radials!
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Lee K7TJR
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 7:27 PM
To: 'topband'
Subject: Re: Topband: Topband Radial Question
One other
Hello Fellow Topbanders -
We are about to embark on a front yard landscaping project at our home on a
tiny 12, 500 sq. ft. lot.
It occurred to me this would be an excellent opportunity to put down a large
number of buried ground radials BUT, they would only cover about 90 degrees of
the
On 1/6/2014 11:51 AM, Chortek, Robert L wrote:
We are about to embark on a front yard landscaping project at our home on a
tiny 12, 500 sq. ft. lot.
Two things to study. N6LF has studied radial systems extensively, and
written about his work in at least 8 or 10 applications notes on his
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Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 2:51 PM
Subject: Topband: Radial Question
Hello Fellow Topbanders -
We are about to embark on a front yard landscaping project at our home on a
tiny 12, 500 sq. ft. lot.
It occurred to me this would be an excellent opportunity to put down a large
73,
Charlie, K4OTV
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chortek,
Robert L
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:52 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Radial Question
Hello Fellow Topbanders -
We are about to embark on a front yard
I’d run a test wire under the house and connect it to the rig. Listen for
noise. Then connect to house ground and see if noisy. Compare that with each
existing elevated radial for QRN.
Here in Fairbanks anything through the home or grounded to the house or tower
on 160 is worse than my
Chortek robert.chor...@berliner.com
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 2:51:50 PM
Subject: Topband: Radial Question
Hello Fellow Topbanders -
We are about to embark on a front yard landscaping project at our home on a
tiny 12, 500 sq. ft. lot.
It occurred to me this would
Of Gary and
Kathleen Pearse
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 5:14 PM
To: topband List
Subject: Re: Topband: Radial Question
I'd run a test wire under the house and connect it to the rig. Listen for
noise. Then connect to house ground and see if noisy. Compare that with each
existing elevated radial
helped a LOT
on receive!
73,
Charlie, K4OTV
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Stewart
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 5:25 PM
To: Robert L Chortek
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Radial Question
Hi Bob,
I can't add
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Subject: Re: Topband: Radial Question
Hi Bob,
I can't add much in the way of technical reasons for adding
the radials vs a c-poise. However, I can say that my Inv. L, with
a four wire quarter wave c-poise has worked quite well...and
with much less work than all the radials you
...@berliner.com
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 6:02:12 PM
Subject: RE: Topband: Radial Question
BTW, Biil, where U in NC? I'm in Raleigh waitin' for it to go down to 9
degrees tonight!
73,
Charlie, K4OTV
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com
Cunningham charlie-cunning...@nc.rr.com
To: Bill Stewart cw...@embarqmail.com, Robert L Chortek
robert.chor...@berliner.com
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 5:52:50 PM
Subject: RE: Topband: Radial Question
Hi, Bill
Well, I have modeled a 160 inverted L with 4 elevated
:00 PM
To: Charlie Cunningham
Cc: topband@contesting.com; Robert L Chortek
Subject: Re: Topband: Radial Question
Charlie, I was surprised at how well my Inv L/c-poise works. It is far from
an ideal situation...amongst many tall pines, but results have been very
much worth the effort. I got some good
I could not resist a comment - 12,500 sq. ft is tiny ??!
Spare a thought for the topband community in G-land: the *average* garden (i.e
the lot size less the house area) is 970 sq. ft. Many new homes have no garden.
While I search for a contest/DX location, we are renting a beautiful new home -
I currently use the spray on my patio, lawn and driveway as a ground system. It
works so well I took down my elevated radial system which made my XYL very
happy. Now I have a much more efficient antenna AND a much happier wife. I
have worked more DX on 160 this season than in all prior years
Amazing. Nano antennas aren't new but this guy presents them in an odd way, as
if they form a mystical improvement to normal antennas. His starting comments
are telling regarding the implied lossy nature of conventional cell phone
antennas as he cites the heat as proof as the lossiness. The
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