Donald Chester wrote: > > > But doesn't this merely confirm the notion that the half-wave vertical > needs some kind of ground system to work against, and in addition to
If the issue of have "something to push against" were critical, the obvious work around would be to feed the vertical dipole in the center. Apparently, this issue is not all that critical because half waves fed at the bottom seem to work about as well as if they were fed in the center. There is usually an accidental counterpoise in the form of the feeder coax to the matching network at the base. The idea is not that halfwaves need no counterpoise, but rather that a fairly trivial one is good enough. Rick N6RK _______________________________________________ It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. — Bertrand Russell
