Here's something I've been pondering for a while, so I thought I'd post it up here and get some input.
On my roof is a 30' mast with a Cushcraft R6000 vertical mounted on top, multiband dipole just below. Total height to ground from feedpoints is 42'. The Cushcraft is one of their "no ground radials" required antennas. It has a bunch of short radials just above the feedpoint and a matching system.
I've been contemplating whether or not there would be some benefit to laying down a bunch of radials attached to the base of the mast and fan them out on the roof? Even though the Cushcraft is a "no ground radials" required antenna, wouldn't it still make a difference? (My secondary question is whether or not a dipole cares about radials...I have never had a reason to dig deeper on that one.)
Let's say that the radials fanned out on the roof would make a difference; how would I be able to measure the difference or know for certain?
On my roof is a 30' mast with a Cushcraft R6000 vertical mounted on top, multiband dipole just below. Total height to ground from feedpoints is 42'. The Cushcraft is one of their "no ground radials" required antennas. It has a bunch of short radials just above the feedpoint and a matching system.
I've been contemplating whether or not there would be some benefit to laying down a bunch of radials attached to the base of the mast and fan them out on the roof? Even though the Cushcraft is a "no ground radials" required antenna, wouldn't it still make a difference? (My secondary question is whether or not a dipole cares about radials...I have never had a reason to dig deeper on that one.)
Let's say that the radials fanned out on the roof would make a difference; how would I be able to measure the difference or know for certain?