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I hate asking silly questions, but am forced to for a while as I am just now getting back into radios. I've forgotten everything I once knew. Here goes . . .


If the vertical and radial are both 1/4 wave in length, what determines if an antenna (like the one in the photos) is a ground wave or a dipole?