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Old July 11th 06, 04:32 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Reg Edwards Reg Edwards is offline
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Default Quarterwave vertical with radials


"Dan Richardson wrote
wrote:

What's the matter with 3, equi-spaced radials?

Be economical. Save a radial! It looks better too. And there are

no
arguments about directionality.
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Reg.


Modeling such an arrangement gave no real noticeable difference
between using three or four radials.

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Of course it didn't. That's the point I was making. The number of
radials, from 1 to N, is immaterial.

As N increases there will be a slight improvement in radiating
efficiency. The N loss resistances are all in parallel as seen by the
feedline.
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Reg.