On 5/16/2011 8:55 PM, Charles Moizeau wrote: > A careful reading of Rudy's piece does show that in a situation where you > are, and must remain, totally compromised throughout a 180-degree sector, > i.e., with zero radials, you can at least pick up from the deficient > direction 0.52 dB (-1.39 dB vs. -1.91 dB, in his cases C7 vs. C3) just by > intensifying the radial density--increasing the number of radials in the > favored 180-degree sector.
YES. My 160M Tee vertical is about 20 ft from the building that houses my shack, so there are only very short radials in that direction, which happens to be toward JA and VK. I have about 60 much longer radials in other directions. I've lived here five years, and there are 585 160M QSOs with JA, JT, DU, and HL in my log, 50 more with VK. Nearly all of those long radials are in the direction of EU, AF, and SA, yet there are no more than about 60 QSOs in my long from those three continents combined. Obviously, the number of radials and their pattern are only one of the factors. :) I'm a big fan of Rudy's work, and have paid a lot of attention to it in building my station. But the bottom line is -- do the best you can and call CQ! 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
