Effectiveness of decoupling radials
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:53:06 GMT, Owen Duffy wrote:
I have been playing with some NEC-2 models of a multiband vertical with
radials.
The vertical is an unloaded vertical of 13m height, and it is mounted on
a 6m high grounded metal mast, and an ATU installed at the feedpoint
(base of the radiator). I have fitted a pair of opposed nominal quarter
wave radials for each of the 80, 40, 30 and 20m bands.
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Comments, thoughts?
Owen.
My first thoughts are while such a situation can be modeled, in the
real world I would doubt you can build a system as you describe where
the radials are balance. Just as one can not install a dipole in a
typical back yard (garden) that is truly balanced.
My two cents worth. G
Danny, K6MHE
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