On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:06:11 -0400, "Mad Dog" wrote:

Horizontal radials work simply as a ground plane/counterpoise while radials
that are angled down and out at a 45 degree angle combine the benefits of a
counterpoise with a impedance matching network to lower the input impedance
of the antenna to a more friendly 50~ output impedance of the transmission
line......P.S. Hello to those of you that remember me from way back ans as
for the rest of you that have ruined this newsgroup........well, goodbye


Thank you and please stay. This newsgroup isn't bad at all with the use of a
killfile.

Vinnie S.