[Elecraft] Off-Topic: Your advice/suggestion about antenna

[David Gilbert]

There is some erroneous information here, as well as in Don W3FPR's post.

Radials, whether buried or raised, only affect near field ground return 
currents.  You cannot improve ground conductivity beyond the radials, 
and the strength of the low angle lobe is directly affected by the 
ground conductivity several wavelengths distant from the vertical.  This 
is well established science and you can clearly see the effect in simple 
models.

Dave   AB7E


On 3/13/2020 11:14 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> As far as a vertical mounted on solid rock, ever heard of radials? 
> Almost all analysis shows angle lowering by copious addition of 
> radials to a vertical.  I suggest You find the QEX articles written 
> By  Rudy-N6LF which studied radials thoroughly.  Even with very short 
> radials my 630m inverted-L gets out over 2500-miles (at times0.
>
> Another antenna I discovered that I really liked is the Moxon.  I has 
> the gain of a two-element yagi but works well in almost all directions 
> (point it toward your favorite direction).  I ran a 6m moxon at 0.7 
> wavelength height in CO during a contest and worked all four borders 
> of the lower 48 states using 150w.  Worked quite well without turning 
> it (pointed east).
>
> At home I use an inverted-V with center at 40-foot and tails at 
> 20-foot.  Works out to 800 miles very well; works West Coast 
> (3000-miles) from AK in BP40 with 100w.
>
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