On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 17:55:17 -0500, "hasan schiers"
wrote:

Owen,

Wire is laying on the ground, insulated, as it doesn't make any difference
and lasts longer. 66' is 1/4 wave at 80m which is always a safe starting
point.

It is in free space. Lying on the ground isn't free space.

Were the radials buried, depending on the ground, 66' might be more in
the vicinity of an electrical half wave. Suspended a short distance
above the ground might be close to an electrical quarter wave. Yours
will be somewhere between depending on the installation variables.

It would be interesting to measure the impedance and find the
resonance of a pair of opposite radials.

Owen
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