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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
Get up as much wire as you can! Then end-feed it against a good earth (lots of buried wires, and/or anything else metal)
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Loaded counterpoises are a good substitues for buried earths - a good deal less work for the same or better efficiency (see Moxon's book). I run mine around fences and tune with a series switched inductor with variable capacitor (add a current meter to the counterpoise 'earth' lead and tune for max).
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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
... bring the far end down the support and then zig-zag-load it: the zig-zag wires only need to be separated by a few inches. Essentially you're 'folding up' the far end of the wire (the bit which carries little current so contributes little to the actual radiation).
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That trick was first discovered pre-war with a short loft aerial for Top Band. Also, Pat Hawker raised the subject in the 1980s. I have attached copies of the two papers that he referenced.
Peter (G3PIJ)