[Lowfer] On 14.9 KHz lots of TV crud

[Idle-Tyme]

Neat Picture,  except the radial system seems far too short.  Yeah  I 
know they don't "HAVE" to be 1/4 wave when ground mounted.  but 
shouldn't they even be close to that long,  and that's obviously far 
from a few miles long that they would need to be.

Joe WB9SBD

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Johan H. Bodin wrote:
> Joe,
>
> they use vertical antennas and, while they are short in terms of
> wavelength, they are quite efficient since those guys can afford
> next-to-perfect ground screens. Example from Iceland:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=sv&ie=UTF8&ll=63.849957,-22.456441&spn=0.014734,0.055747&z=15
>
> 73
> Johan SM6LKM
>
> Idle-Tyme wrote:
>   
>> What do stations like these use for antennas?
>>
>> I can't even imagine what a 1/2 wave diploe would be lengthwise.
>>
>> And any vertical would be horrid in efficient because no matter how tall 
>> it is, it's gotta be incredibly short for the freq.
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
>>     
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