Yes, some sort of ground will greatly help. A wire radial which is mostly touching the ground is a ground radial. Ground radials are not resonant. The general rule for ground radials is more shorter radials will work better then few long radials. The minimal sweet spot is 16 radials, each 1/10 wavelength long for the lowest frequency wanted (14' for 40 meters)
The optimal accepted pseudo random length antenna for a multi band monopole antenna is 22 or 44 feet. John KN5L ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
