Mychael Morohovich wrote:
Instead of a 1/4 wl wire, I use an MFJ Artificial Ground to tune a wire for
maximum current per given band. While measuring, one thing that
surprised me was to discover that with my 86' EFW, the use of a properly
tuned counterpoise didn't always increase the current to
Vic, K2VCO, wrote:
Keep in mind that you are measuring the current in the radiator AT A
PARTICULAR
POINT.
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The counterpoise is tuned for maximum current at the *rig*!
The idea is that the more current flowing into the counterpoise for a given
power output the lower the RF
Vic wrote: I was making the point that his experiment of unhooking the
counterpoise and measuring the current into the radiator did not indicate
that
the counterpoise was or was not improving antenna performance.
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The method I used
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