A well known 9 lander lid uses chicken wire for his 160 antenna and it
works very very well. I am not sure what effect crossing the wires
has. Has anyone done any real testing of this or is it just theory or a
wives tale? Did he stumble upon the holy grail of radials?
Most of the results of the radial field are from the first 50 percent or
so. You do not necessarily have to have 66 ft radials on 80m to work
and get out. Put out as many as you can as long as you can and shorter
radials are fine too.
W0MU
On 1/16/2022 2:15 PM, Dave Fugleberg wrote:
This discussion reminded me of a question that I’ve often wondered about
but have never asked.
I have read that when laying out radials on or under the ground, one should
be careful to ensure that they radiate out from a central point without
ever crossing one another.
I have also read about this idea of using galvanized mesh in place of a
traditional radial field. In a mesh, the conductors not only cross, but are
bonded together at every crossing.
So, is there actually an issue if a couple radials happen to cross each
other?
Not that one would do so on purpose, but when adding radials to a system
where the existing ones are no longer visible, it could easily happen…
Curious minds want to know.
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 2:55 PM Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/16/2022 12:19 PM, Mike Markowski wrote:
A construction site had left over galvanized mesh rolls that I bought at
great discount. I unrolled them symmetrically about my then soon-to-be
installed vertical. Easier than individual for lazy hams like me:-) and
2nd qso at 100W from Pennsylvania was Cambodia! That qso made my day and
then some.
Rob Sherwood, KC0B, published on this in the May 1977 edition of "Ham
Radio," and I included his ideas in this talk.
http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf
73, Jim K9YC
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