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This is correct Laurie and if you cannot get it
into the air as high as possible, put the radials (insulated) on top of the
ground. I use only 2 radials on 500 elevated 7 feet above ground, ie
GP
The old myth about buried radials is long gone,
bare wire buried in the ground has to overcome ground losses for return
currents, making a bad situation even WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:15 PM
Subject: LF: 500kHz Distance
I am very encouraged by the response to my comments on
our
erp limit.
Regarding ground loss, the best way to reduce this is not
to bury
wire in the ground but to put it in the air ! 1 metre of wire
in the air
is worth 10 in the ground, and it does'nt have to be in a
straight line
either just so long as it covers new ground as it were. My
136 now
500kHz ant has 600 feet of top load in 3 zig zags and I get about
30
ohms resistance on 136 and about 15 ohms on 500. So I dont need
many
watts to get 0.5 amps int the vert section.
73 Laurie G3AQC
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