I will re-think my radial configuration. It is more of a pita to carry,
untangle, deploy and repack 16 of anything and I may decide to stick with 4
even at the price of some efficiency. I will have height above average
terrain on my side though. Here is the camping area I have in mind (for
either June or September):
http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/274856.JPG
John Harper AE5X
http://www.ae5x.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vic K2VCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John Harper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Elecraft" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buddipoles and KX1
Vic K2VCO wrote:
(somewhere there is a table of the optimum number/size of radials for a
given length of wire).
If the radials are on the ground, a large number of short ones is better
than a few long ones.
Here it is: <http://www.ncjweb.com/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf>
They recommend fewer radials than I did. For average soil, they recommend
using 9 radials of 14 feet each. I suspect that -- since your vertical is
so short, it might be advantageous to have more and shorter ones.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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