On Sat, 1 May 2004 11:20:11 -0000, "Carl R. Stevenson"
wrote:

Thanks Carl.

I will try that first. 33' should work OK for 40, which is the band I
want most.

Right now the only HF antenna I have working is a 15m dipole. And, 15
has been very quiet here lately.

One of the posters suggested I read Butternut's blurb on radials:
http://www.bencher.com/pdfs/00361ZZV.pdf
I read it last night. It shows a tuned radial using twin lead. It has
a total length of 32' 8". That may be something to try also.

Thanks again . . . 73 . . ., Ron Crowley, W1WBV

It's not strictly necessary that the radials be resonant on all bands to
improve your situation ... I would bet that if you cut the radials to 33'
you'll find a noticable improvement. As I said, I had only 2 per band (on
the ground) and it worked much better than without any radials. More is
better, of course, but in an aerial situation you'll be limited and I'd
recommend you try four 33' radials and see how that works.

The idea is to provide an "image plane" for the monopole to "work against"
and reduce ground losses ...

73,
Carl - wk3c