[Antennas] 468/Freq in Mhz

Mon Aug 24 20:26:01 EDT 2009

A wood support could be used for tall wire verticals; wood or some plastic support or similar insulated supports wont affect the wire vertical that much...OR you can hang it from a tree limb....been there, done that!....but a 2mtr vertical is easily made from #14 wire.....have you looked inside a Comet or Diamond vertical antenna?? Fiberglass hardly affects wire's performance....
Radials can be insulated or not...as long as they are 1/4wave in length or longer...Personally, I like elevated radials...you can get away with 4 vs 10x as much buried and get the same results....
Chris
WB5ITT
-----Original Message-----
>From: Andy <ingraham.ma.ultranet at rcn.com>
>Sent: Aug 24, 2009 1:24 PM
>To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Antennas] 468/Freq in Mhz
>>Somewhat off the subject ... but I am puzzled how you got a vertical made
>with #14 wire. Whatever is or was holding it up probably interacts with it
>and that could have something to do with the large change in length too.
>>Also, four buried insulated radials is probably not very good; a lot of your
>power may be going into heating dirt.
>>Andy