And don't forget to discharge the element to ground before connecting to your measuring device. Static is NOT your friend in this case. Lee K7TJR
-----Original Message----- From: Topband <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2022 3:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: How good is good enough >Just cut 20 more 70' radials. Time to go play in the yard. If that were all I could add, I'd switch them to 40 35' radials. The R component of my inverted L on around 1840 is 11 ohms. X is around 20. That's with 101 radials. I look for a R of at least 15 ohms where X is minimal on an analyzer sweep. At that point the ground system is getting good. The vertical part of the L should be at least 50 feet. Just ground the analyzer and put the vertical element right into it. 73 Rob K5UJ _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
