Novice Reflections
 

On Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:28:06 PM UTC-4, Dick Grady AC7EL wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:09:26 EDT, "Howard Lester"

wrote:


My recollection (not to be trusted) is that four *elevated* 1/4 wave radials
work well.

2-meter vertical antennas intended for use on the top of masts use
only 3 radials, and they work well. Four elevated radials also should
work.


Elevated tuned radials do work. If you are using a multiband vertical, it can make the yard look
a little funny though. My vertical is 6 bands, so I opted for buried radials, and given that the
antenna was not too far from a corner of the yard, they were really random in length. Some
over a hundred feet, some only around 20.

This probably meant that the antenna wasn't quite as efficient in a few directions as others.

Overall it worked pretty well.