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[IRCA] Radials, azimuths and spokes
- Subject: [IRCA] Radials, azimuths and spokes
- From: Charles A Taylor <MWDXer@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:10:35 -0400
At 10:54 PM 6/4/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>At 09:49 PM 6/4/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >On a non-d station, all you'd need to do is file the right paperwork after
> >measuring the base impedance. On a directional station you'd likely need to
> >do what's called a partial proof. Ten measurements on every radial(1) - at
> >least eight - from 2 to 10 miles from the towers. That would be an
> >excellent way as you could compare it to the buried radial system. See what
> >the nulls were, and the peak reading of the major lobe(s).
>
>Fellow Kilocycle Chasers:
>
>(1) Radial, in this instance, is a line drawn on a map. An engineer draws
>an azimuth (a line) on a map, and drives to points on each azimuth and
>measures the field intensity of the station in question.
>
I should have written that the radials or azimuths have their point of origin
at the transmitter tower. More like SPOKES on a wheel.
There, I got that out.
Charles
Charles A Taylor, WD4INP
Greenville, North Carolina
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