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"Quarter wave ground mounted radials are a waste of wire."
I just read the following on one of the mailing lists I subscribe to: "Quarter wave ground mounted radials are a waste of wire and a hold over from the olden days. Check the antenna handbook, the new philosophy is more and shorter. The thing is that the bulk of the energy from the vertical antenna is near the base of the antenna and this is what you are trying to capture. A quarter wave radial sounds logical but the planet will detune it so a quarter wave means nothing to the current." What say you all? |
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