High enough so people can't touch it would be my answer. Mike W0MU
J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 11/9/2011 11:48 AM, Michael Goins wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: <[email protected] <mailto:[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 <http://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 <http://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
