[Antennas] elevated radial opinions requested

[Chris Boone]

For multiband verticals with elevated base and radials, I have found 4
radials cut to the LOWEST band in question should work ok on the higher
bands....I did such living on the west side of Houston...the house had a
sewer vent pipe almost dead center of the roof...so I mounted my 5 band
vertical there...and used 4 60ft long radials made from zip cord and ran to
the fence or trees (which worked out to be right at 60ft away.) This put the
vertical base and the radials all at 15-20ft off ground....(the radials were
1ft off the roof)...the antenna performed exactly as manufacturer specs
called for....all 5 bands!!

My 0.02
Chris
WB5ITT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:antennas-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Harris
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:19 AM
> To: Antennas Antennas
> Subject: [Antennas] elevated radial opinions requested
> 
> I acquired a Hustler 4BTV recently and am thinking of putting it up to
> complement my 135' ladder line fed dipole.  We will live in our home for a
> maximum of 2 years so I don't want to knock myself out with the
installation.
> 
> I had great past success with a 17 meter vertical with four raised 1/4
wave
> radials at the 8' level so my plan is to put the 4BTV on a steel fence
post in the
> approximate middle of our back yard and put up FOUR 32' radials diagonally
> to the corners of the yard. Like the 17 meter vertical, the radials will
be at the
> 8' level.  While I expect this solution will work reasonably well, I would
like to
> hear of the success or failure from anyone who has done this or something
> close to it.  Additionally, as I can install as many radials as I want
that are less
> than 32' (14' would be the minimum length), what would I gain or lose from
> doing so?
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Brian Harris, WA5UEK
> 
> phone 214-763-5977
> 
> email cosmophone at yahoo.com
> 
> website www.myhamshack.com/wa5uek
> 
> 
> 
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