<You said "3.) Use the largest counterpoise possible, and use one that does not concentrate current, zig-zag current all around, or produce unnecessarily high voltages." In 300 words or less please explain again Zig-zag current?>
Jim, While some forms of coiling, folding, and bending are better than others at accomplishing different things, the general rule is we want to keep counterpoise wires for a Marconi antenna as straight as possible away from the antenna base. This is because we generally want displacement currents, which are what allow reduction of current along the length of the radiator and allow current flow out to an open end, to have a short straight low-loss path back to the antenna base and to not create more displacement current inside conductor paths than necessary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_current Without displacement currents, Kirchhoff's laws cannot be satisfied in AC circuits involving capacitances, either lumped as a component or distributed along conductors. 73 Tom _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
