Re: [IRCA] More on Vertical

[Alan Bosch <labosch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick:

Here's an off-the-wall idea (if you can get at the point where all the 
radials connect at the bottom of the vertical, which I can't remember if 
it's possible with your setup).

Put an MW  L/C tuner there in series between your new N/NE  radials and 
the ground point to see if you can tune those radials themselves -- 
since they are so short electrically .

AlanB

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BARRY DAVIES wrote:

> Hello Patrick.
>  
> I use three 2 foot linked copper rods to earth/ground my 400 foot long 
> wire antenna. What are "ground radials?"
>  
> Barry
>
> */Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>
>     Hi Everyone,
>
>     In adding more radials to the NW/N/NE. I now have four, the
>     directivity
>     of the vertical has improved more to the NW/N/NE. I notice now
>     that many
>     stations that were heard before are there, many under closer stronger
>     stations.
>
>     550 KARI Blaine WA u/KOAC Corvallis
>
>     660 KAPS Mt. Vernon WA stronger u/KXOR-Junction City OR
>
>     790 KGMI Bellingham WA stronger u/KWIL Albany
>
>     930 KBAI Bellingham now half and half with KYAK-Yakima (10 kw)
>
>     1040 CKST Vancouver tearing up KLVP-Tigard OR (CKST is very
>     directional
>     North)
>
>     1070 CFAX Victoria, now close to S6. The best I have heard them
>     since I lost my Northern beverage, and now less noisy. CFAX puts out
>     40-60 watts in my direction days according to their CE. They are about
>     160 miles to the North.
>
>     1110 KWDB Oak Harbor, WA, now generally dominant with their little
>     500w. Before not audible days, except near LSS.
>
>     1260 UNID Signs of a second station now way behind KLYC McMinnville
>     OR, probably the TIS on Vancouver Is.
>
>     1290 KIKN Port Angeles WA, now 30% on the mix with KKSL Portland
>     (Not audible before)
>
>     1300 KKOL Seattle, now audible days weakly. Their 1 KW longwire
>     does not get out well.
>
>     1320 CHMB Vancouver BC, now audible with CC talk behind now
>     powerhouse KXRO Aberdeen, WA
>
>     1410 CFUN Vancouver BC, heard mixing and behind KBNP Portland
>
>     1430 KBRC Mt. Vernon, WA behind KYKN Salem OR
>
>     1470 CJVB Vancouver behind KELA Centralia WA
>
>     1550 KRPI Ferndale WA, mixes with KKAD Vacouver WA.
>
>     1590 KLFE Seattle WA, mixes behind KMBD Tillamook OR
>
>     1600 KVRI Blaine WA, mixes with KOHI St. Helens/KPOT Eugene days.
>
>     I am wondering if I got a large piece of tin maybe 4X8 and placed
>     it in
>     the direction to the NW/N/NE and connected my ground plane to that, if
>     ! it would enhance the NW/N/NE even more? The one thing I have
>     noticed the
>     *ground radials* are quieter than the series of ground rods I have
>     been
>     using my the veritical.
>     The field is total open to the N/NE for 1/2 miles or more and with
>     houses and the hills behind me, it probably makes some difference, but
>     the radials, even though they are only 10 feet long, have made a
>     difference in reception to the N/NE. But to enhance it even more?
>
>     73s,
>
>     Patrick
>
>     Patrick Martin
>     Seaside OR
>     KAVT Reception Manager
>
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