Hi Dan,
An inverted-L with one elevated radial has lots of room for improvement, almost anything will improve what you now have. How much improvement you can achieve is mostly determined by site limitations, copper wire expense, how much work you're able do yourself or pay someone else to do for you. Eight radials, 70 feet long is the absolute minimum number of radials if you lay them on the ground. Sixteen 80-foot radials will be much better, 32 100-radials will be significantly better than that. Finally 60 125-foot radials will be within one dB of the best you could achieve. This is the classic reference: ncjweb.com/bonus-content/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf If you continue to use resonant elevated radials, four is the minimum number your should shoot for, but unfortunately its difficult to get all four elevated radials to carry similar amounts of current. Eight elevated radials is much better. The K2AV Folded counterpoise is another alternative to your current single elevated radial. Good luck! 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: d...@np2j.com To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 1:58:53 PM Subject: Topband: Elevated Radials - will radials on ground help? Hello fellow Topbanders! Had lots of fun in the Stew, thanks for the contacts everyone! Looking forward to the CQ160 and as always trying to find a way to improve antenna performance.... so looking for advice I am currently using a pair of Inverted L's each having a single elevated radial. The feedpoint's and elevated radials are 10-12 feet above ground. The soil is fairly rocky. Also quite a bit of "Bush" growing fairly high except below elevated radials where I have trimmed back the bush. I am wondering if I should lay radials on the ground, particulary near the feedpoint's? Any advice?? 73 Dan K8RF/NP2J _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector