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BugBreath wrote:
> Velly Intellesting.................................
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> >From all that I hv read It's my impression that elevated verticals (and  
> radials) leave much to be desired performance wise as apposed to ground mounted  
> with the radials lying even just on the top of the ground.
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>   
Well... This might be a good time to upgrade your reading habits.

Did a bit of surfing and found elevated radials are recommended by Force 
12 and Butternut, and was surprised to see that 2-4 radials per band (in 
the case of a trap vertical) were deemed adequate. This was confirmed here:

http://www.kkbc.com/agsc_index.htm

...where a commercial AM BCB grounding contractor sez 6-10 elevated 
radials work as well as the BCB standard of 120 1/4 wave buried radials. 
(?) Check out the pics to see how the Big Boys (not Bug Boys) do 
business. Also... DAD = Directional Antenna Day, DAN = Directional 
Antenna Night. Note that in all the pictured projects they're installing 
buried radials. That has been the standard issue setup for AM stations 
since Marconi was in diapers.

If you really want to light up your life with the sweet taste of 
firefly, check this out:

http://www.dxengineering.com/TechArticles.asp?ID={A46FA56A-2E82-4AF9-9427-6592FC5CFCB7}

The pics in this link are way cool:

http://pic2.piczo.com/charlesm0oxo/?g=21715730&cr=2

And here's a page that I believe is well worth reading:

http://www.gofrc.org/handbook-wiresintrees.shtml

I say velly, velly intellesting!