On 7/25/2019 12:01 PM, Wes wrote:
As to gull wing radials, Rudy Severns has looked at these too: https://www.antennasbyn6lf.com/files/antenna_ground_system_experiment_5.pdf Rudy's work is a treasure trove and I think I have everything he's written in a folder on my hard drive. Believe me, considering how difficult it is to lay radials in my cactus patch, if I thought gull wings would be useful I would have used them. I don't.
Rudy shows gull wing down only 0.65 dB and comments that "radically changing the radial geometry does not seem to have a major impact". So I don't understand your remark that gull wings are not useful. The reduction in drive impedance can be mitigated by increasing the height by about 3 feet. I don't even have cactus but would never again run radials on the ground now that Rudy has educated us. Rick N6RK _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
