[BC] Big copper theft in IA

Robert Meuser robertm at nyc.rr.com
Fri Feb 10 15:49:33 CST 2012


My solution is and always has been to bury the radials deep enough so 
they can not be pulled up. 3 feet is a good number. It solves several 
problems at once.

On 2/10/12 4:13 PM, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:
> The solution is an above-ground counterpoise made from Alclad or similar materials. For AM nondirectional antennas, four 1/4 wavelength-long radials, insulated at their ends, and supported by utility poles have been proved to make the required FCC inverse-distance field intensity, and the far-field is nearly circular.
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