How high off the ground does the feed point need to be on 160 to be considered elevated enough to use tuned radials? I have the space - nine acres - but deer are an issue with radials.
Mike, k5wmg On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, ZR <[email protected]> wrote: > Installing a dense radial field in the first 50' is the most important step > for a small lot. Galvanized and plastic dipped rabbit fence works wonders > for that. Solder wires to the ends to extend the radial field however you > can. > > Carl > KM1H > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:57 PM > Subject: Re: Topband: Easy Inverted L for 169 (NCJ M/A 2011) Info Needed > > >> If the feedpoint is elevated you should have 4 tuned radials. If it is >> ground mounted it needs radial field just like a vertical. 32 is a >> decent number more is better of course. They don't have to be 1/4 >> either to work. >> >> The current balun or choke is best at the feedpoint but some will also >> put one at the radio. >> >> Mike W0MU >> >> J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 >> J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 >> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net >> >> >> On 11/7/2011 9:30 AM, Mark Adams wrote: >>> Hi Gang, >>> >>> I am planning to try this antenna for the winter and need more >>> information. >>> The author, NE0U, seems to have no known email address that I can find so >>> here goes. >>> >>> 1. I assume that the vertical radiator and the ground radial are both >>> the SAME length. Correct? >>> 2. The sketch on page 20 shows the Ferrite Current Balun a the >>> feedpoint, but the text of the article has it at the transmitter. >>> Which is >>> correct? Does it matter? >>> >>> Yes, I could goof around with these two items, but I'd rather just put it >>> up and dink around only if necessary. >>> >>> Thanks es 73, >>> Mark K2QO >>> K2 #543 >>> FN03ra >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4005 - Release Date: 11/08/11 >> > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > -- Michael Goins Professor, Writing University of Texas at San Antonio Michael Goins 2508 Timbercreek Road Pipe Creek, Texas 78063 Michael Goins, Owner/Editor Natural Awakenings-San Antonio/Hill Country magazine Currently distributing 20,000+ magazines in 450+ locations here with an online edition that gets emailed across the globe! Mike "The writer hides his crazy. It's like a little secret present inside filled with bees." - Chuck Wendig Mike "Writing is art. Editing is science. All of it together is craft." - Chuck Wendig * * _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
