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  1. 03-19-2011, 06:02 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by W3WN View Post
    a few radials are better than none, and after about 30 -40 radials (evenly scattered around the vertical section) are usually more tha sufficient... beyond that, you're achieving minimal gain for a lot of effort. After about 60, the gain is virtually negligible.
    You're right. There was an article in QST about that last year some time; the authors erected a quarter-wave vertical and played with various numbers and positions of radials. 32 flat on the ground was indeed the sweet spot but they found that 16 was probably adequate in most cases. Interestingly, they found that if you elevate the radials to about five feet (1.5m) off the ground, you could get by with a lot fewer of them. I can't remember the exact numbers but it was a significant difference.
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