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Old May 11th 09, 01:35 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default Radial straight down
Richard wrote:
Has anyone ever bored a hole into the ground and dangled a radial or
counterpoise down it instead of burying a radial 6" horizontally under
the ground or stringing out a counterpoise?

One of my textbooks says such a configuration
dissipates half of the incident power.
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73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, http://www.w5dxp.com
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