"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Here is the scenario:

Hamshack on the west side of the house.

OCF dipole between two trees running perpendicular over the house
with
the Balun directly above the shack (now *that* is handy)

Butternut vertical on the east side of the house. 12 radials so far.

Now here is what brings about the question. Over the winter months,
I
had to have my sewer line to the street replaced, which ended up
making
a huge mess out of my front yard. This means that I will probably
end up
tilling and replanting a large part of the yard.

Is there any point to laying radials in the front yard? They would
be
quite a ways (~50 feet) from the radials around the Butternut.

The main reason I ask though, is that I thought I heard here some
time
ago, that a dipole would perform better over a good ground system.

- Mike KB3EIA -

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No point in laying radials. Too far away from the Butternut. Current
does not flow that far along buried wires. Attenuation along the wire
is too great.
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Reg.