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Eddy,
The half length radials on the 827 effect vswr more than i thought they would,

we put one up with 4 radials removed to get it past a overhang, i had the idea to check vswr as we added radials, started at 1.5:1 with 4 radials & dropped a little with each radial we added back to needle hardly moving with the 8 radials,

can eight 1/8wave radials equal three or four 1/4wave radials for decoupling the antenna / minimising cmc ?,

probably not but imho if you properly isolate the antenna from the mast & coax you can force the shorter radials to perform more like full size radials,

if anybody sees anything like 3db gain they had TERRIBLE cmc with the short radials.

[QUOTE="bob85, post: 727100, member: 18"] Eddy, The half length radials on the 827 effect vswr more than i thought they would, we put one up with 4 radials removed to get it past a overhang, i had the idea to check vswr as we added radials, started at 1.5:1 with 4 radials & dropped a little with each radial we added back to needle hardly moving with the 8 radials, can eight 1/8wave radials equal three or four 1/4wave radials for decoupling the antenna / minimising cmc ?, probably not but imho if you properly isolate the antenna from the mast & coax you can force the shorter radials to perform more like full size radials, if anybody sees anything like 3db gain they had TERRIBLE cmc with the short radials. [/QUOTE]

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