Re: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question

As others have noted two radials is a minimum. They should be used in balanced numbers, pairs. You also may benefit to have one radial in each direction you wish to work, as that increases the signals from that direction when you have only one radial in that direction. Pairing radials is

RE: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question

Ya' make my drool, Jim, thinking that I'd have a yard nearly big enough to stick up a 60 or 120 foot full-size vertical plus a bunch of 60 to 120 foot radials around the base for 80 or 160 meters. I even have to dream of having enough room to do that on 40 at some future date. If an end fed wire

Re: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question

Don, I currently have the antenna attached to a good earth ground and will add radials for each band per your suggestion. I understand that radials can significantly improve the efficiency of monopole antennas. Should I try to add more then one radial per band? Thanks, John K5XTX

Re: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question

John, For your long wire situation, one set should be sufficient to provide adequate RF grounding at your tuner loaction - or if you prefer you could use an artificial ground instead (see recent discussion on the reflector). The situation with a monopole antenna is quite different than feeding a

Re: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question

] Cc: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question | Don, | I currently have the antenna attached to a good earth ground and will add | radials for each band per your suggestion. I understand that radials can

Re: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question

John, There is not much you can do about the antenna efficiency short of changing the physical characteristics of the antenna itself - if it works, it works and the voltage/current relationship at the feedpoint will determine its impedance and how easily it can be matched. A balun does not make