[Elecraft] Buddipoles and KX1

[John Harper]

I will re-think my radial configuration. It is more of a pita to carry, 
untangle, deploy and repack 16 of anything and I may decide to stick with 4 
even at the price of some efficiency. I will have height above average 
terrain on my side though. Here is the camping area I have in mind (for 
either June or September):
http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/274856.JPG

John Harper AE5X
http://www.ae5x.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vic K2VCO" <vic at rakefet.com>
To: "John Harper" <john at ae5x.com>
Cc: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buddipoles and KX1


> Vic K2VCO wrote:
>
>> (somewhere there is a table of the optimum number/size of radials for a 
>> given length of wire).
>>
>> If the radials are on the ground, a large number of short ones is better 
>> than a few long ones.
>
> Here it is: <http://www.ncjweb.com/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf>
>
> They recommend fewer radials than I did. For average soil, they recommend 
> using 9 radials of 14 feet each. I suspect that -- since your vertical is 
> so short, it might be advantageous to have more and shorter ones.
> -- 
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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