[Antennas] 30 Meter Ground plane

[Dan Richardson]

>At 07:36 AM 2004-02-25, W3HKK@aol.com wrote:
>>Tilting the radials at 45 degrees will raise your feedpoint to about 52 ohms
>>but it also raises your angle of radiation making it somehwat less effective
>>for dx but better for  1000-2500 mile distances.
>
>I did a quick model with EZNEC and drooping the radials barely changes the 
>angle of radiation.
>[snip]
>73, N6RY

That's correct. Drooping and/or increasing the number of the radials does 
little to change the takeoff angle. That (the takeoff angle) is determined 
by the ground condition out to several wavelengths from the antenna.

73, K6MHE