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How thick should counterpoise wires be?

Can you elevate the radials? Two or three properly installed elevated radials can be just as effective as 120 on the ground! By properly installed, I mean that they should be roughly 10 feet high and …
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How low can a vertical dipole be mounted?

The voltage is high near the end of any dipole. If you locate the bottom end of a vertical dipole at --and especially below!-- the ground, you are greatly increasing the losses. There is really no sp …
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When and why does the size of a ground plane or radials matter?

This is commonly described as the ground plane acting as a reflector, so that there is effectively a second quarter-wave element “below the ground plane”. It IS commonly described that way, but it i …
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