Many years ago, a friend of mine used to operate on 160m with vertical antennas suspended on a big Weather Balloon filled with hydrogen . . .
After using Quarter-wave verticals for a few months, he changed over to Half-wave verticals . . . he found they worked much better ! He didn't have much of a radial system (due to lack of space), mainly just earth rods at the base . . . so I suspect that's one of the reasons why. Roger G3YRO _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
