Brian Reay wrote:
The explanation is a fairly standard one, although Walt does express it
well. If Walt is the originator of the idea I suspect he has a many more
turns on the coil than he is admitting ;-)

From "Radio Handbook" by Bill Orr, 20th edition, copyright 1975,
section/page 27.9: "The feedpoint impedance of a ground plane may
be raised to about 50 ohms by drooping the radials down at a 45
degree angle." Anyone got an earlier edition?
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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