[Elecraft] Re:Alligators and Bats

[Stuart Rohre]

I can vouch for the good performance of elevated dipole verticals, and have
heard good reports on the Sigma series from Force 12.  But to perk up any
vertical of the quarter wave type, look at Force 12's web site for the
illustrations of the gull wing elevated radials, that increase the
efficiency of the antenna system over radials on the ground, (or in the
ground).

Broadcast stations are replacing expensive in the ground radials that
corrode away with elevated radials as a cost saving measure for their
quarter wave or loaded monopole installations.

There is an AM station north of the plaza in Santa Fe NM, that has its tower
over a parking lot, and above the parking areas is a mesh of ground wires,
all elevated radials.
72,
Stuart K5KVH