And, apparently, that is like an old wound that will not heal. Radials need to be much shorter and I am trying to find the supporting math. At a 1/4 wave, there is too much ground loss.
Mike > On Oct 25, 2017, at 11:06 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have read in a couple of articles that the radials need only be as long at > the vertical element as well. I think W9UCW was one of the authors. It is > all magic. > > W0MU > > >> On 10/25/2017 9:49 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: >> I posted what I would, and am doing. I subscribe to the idea that the >> radials should be about the length of the vertical as a minimum and using my >> friend, N7CL's rule of thumb, their number should be enough to keep the tips >> no further apart than 0.015 lambda. >> >> On, or in, the ground radials are much longer electrically than they are >> physically because the Vp is much reduced. How much so, who knows? Put in >> enough and resonance doesn't really matter. See Devouldere. >> >> Wes N7WS >> >> >>> On 10/25/2017 7:46 PM, Michael Walker wrote: >>> Explain why more radials over the counter poise. >>> >>> I'm hearing that 1/4 wave radials are actually too long and shorter raises >>> the feedpoint. >>> >>> Mike va3mw >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 25, 2017, at 5:26 PM, Wes Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would forget the counterpoise and add more ground radials. >>>> >>>> See https://www.w8ji.com/counterpoise_systems.htm >>>> >>>> Wes N7WS >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 10/25/2017 7:38 AM, James Denneny wrote: >>>>> I am constructing the K2AV FCP Counterpoise for my TB inverted L >>>>> antenna. I live on a small lakeside lot. >>>>> >>>>> Should I disconnect the few ground radials when I install the FCP or >>>>> leave them connected? Would both together degrade performance? >>>>> >>>>> Jim K7EG >>>>> >>>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >>>>> >>>>> _________________ >>>>> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband >>>>> >>>> _________________ >>>> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband >> >> >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
