Re: Counterpoise and MMC demise

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>


>>A rule of thumb for designing vertical broadcast antennas

>>is that the there is little benefit in having a

>>counterpoise whose RADIUS is equal to the height of the

>>antenna.

         The rule given in (eg Antenna Engineer's Handbook
         Jasik, others) is that radials should be about
         1/4 wave long, which is roughly the tower height in
         many cases.  The same maybe observed in CB and
         scanner antennas...

>>I can't see why this shouldn't be at least as applicable to TC's.

         Broadcast practice is designed for radiation.
         Tesla Coils commonly are not.
         8)>>
         And a 1/4 Wave at (say) 150 KHz is 'interesting'.
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         best
         dwp