[Lowfer] Radials under dipole ends - Any Benefit ?

[William E. Isakson]

intuitively I do not think that radials under the ends will do much.
Propagation is not off the ends but perpendicular to the wire.   Putting a
series of wires under the dipole and perpendicular to it (again by
intuition) seems like it might help by lowering the ground resistance in
the near field in the propagation direction.  I would be tempted to do it,
however, I generally run a low band vertical with a 30 meter dipole near it
(actually tuned a little longer for what used to be a broadcast band
ca.9500), so I can't really test this as there are indeed many radials
under the dipole already. I have and nothing to compare with.  The dipole
works oriented north and south

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Bill Isakson     AC6QV
Roseburg, Oregon USA
bill.isakson at gmail.com



On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer <
lowfer at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I can put down a 30 foot - semi-circle - radial field under the ends of my
> dipole, and run the
> radials back underneath the dipole .. The connection Tie-point will be at
> the dipole end,
> and the fanned out section will go underneath the dipole wire.. Each end
> is close to a
> power pole  where I can attach a wire to the ground lead of the pole as a
> reference for
> the radials..
> Would this provide any benefit, or be a waste of time, and wire ??
>
> Thanks for comments, and 73 all:
>
> Andy - KU4XR
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