If you took a ground plane such as a clr2 that has 3 ground radials and strung bare thin copper wire between them spaced out say every 5 inches,making a web what would that do? Would it increase preformance at all?
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Adding more ground elements to a ground plane
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The characteristics of a vertical mono-pole antenna with 1,2,3,4,6 or 8-Elevated Radials
Data tables, OCF and tuning methods, graphics and discussion of the results from 4NEC2 modeling of elevated vertical dipoles with 1,2,3,4,6 or 8-radials.
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Ground radials act different than elevated.
Bottom line: more is better, but at some point increasing radials amount doesn't make sense.
See attachment.
Mike
Bottom line: more is better, but at some point increasing radials amount doesn't make sense.
See attachment.
Mike
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
A Tale of Radials
One of the simplest antennas to have is the quarter-wave vertical. The radials associated with a vertical antenna have a big impact on its peformance.
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I see he talks about a metal roof. Since my ground plane is stuck at the moment pointing at the ground on top of the tower, it has me thinking about things like lower is better. Hahaha.
But seriously I have a peaked metal roof that with a small mast I could hit a wavelength easy enough. I wonder what, if any performance difference I’d see mounted over the metal roof vs 60ft to the bottom of my .64 using its 4 built on ground radials.
But seriously I have a peaked metal roof that with a small mast I could hit a wavelength easy enough. I wonder what, if any performance difference I’d see mounted over the metal roof vs 60ft to the bottom of my .64 using its 4 built on ground radials.