007 you got that backwards,
as the radials move away from the monopole the resonant frequency comes down impedance goes up, you would shorten it to maintain the same electrical length, i doubt that my antenna was set to a resonant length, like i said before i dont claim to understand exactly whats going on and the guys that would know dont wish to get involved with petty arguments which is understandable, LB said what he said, a second opinion would be very nice but unlikely,
its not an antenna you can just look up in any book i have seen so i look at the closest antennas to it physically,
shockwave tuned on a lower frequency with a wider radial angle,
imho the higher the better, 73feet to feedpoint worked very well at my last location with all my antennas, i never saw a situation where lower was better locally, dx is a different matter,
isolating choking grounding or not is your choice so long as its the same for all antennas, i will try it all ways and note any changes, i like experimenting when i can get my ass in gear,
i have pondered and talked about mast and feedline lengths with friends, w8ji mentions a worst case scenario mast length for cm currents,
electrical length of mast and coaxial outer shield?
if i had to use guy wires i would use phylistran or similar, i dont use metal guys with or without eggs to break them up but many people do and seem happy,
isolating the mast then running a ground wire from antenna down the mast to a ground rod would be defeating the aim of isolation,
if you isolate i would ground the coax before it reaches the house for safety.
