What effect would it cause if you ran a wire around the perimeter of the
radials - connecting them together ?
And I guess you could do it again at the half-way point so it resembles a
spider-web.
like a big fence just underground.... could you then reduce the length of
the radials??
I may just try this on a manageabe scale - say 10 meters

"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Steve, W9HJW wrote:
"Something like .05 wavelength (between ends of buried radials) rings a
bell, but I`m not sure."

That would depend on the length and number of radials. But, the .05
number may be significant in the case of 120 radials. 120 radials is an
FCC standard. Spacing is 3-degrees.

In a right triangle, the side opposite an angle is equal to the tanget
times the adjacent side length. For a 3-degree angle, difference between
the adjacent side and hypotenuse lengths is insignificant.

The tangent of 3-degrees is .05. The distance between radials spaced by
3-degrees is therefore very nearly .05 times the length of the radial.
That`s my guess as to the source of Steve`s .05 number.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI



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