Re: Counterpoise and MMC demise

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

At 11:44 AM 6/20/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
>A rule of thumb for designing vertical broadcast antennas is that the
>there is little benefit in having a counterpose whose RADIUS is equal to
>the height of the antenna.  I can't see why this shouldn't be at least
>as applicable to TC's.  A good solid ground to "ground" is of course an
>important safety factor.
>
>Ed


Little benefit for a counterpoise radius of the height? Or is it little 
benefit in having a counterpoise bigger or smaller..