[bars] Radials longer than a roof

[KC1SOZ]

Hi Andy,

This is *EXACTLY* the kind of feedback I was looking for, an alternative
way of doing what I was planning. And frankly, what you are suggesting
makes perfect sense -- instead of just running the radial through the
insulator at the end of the roof and draping the excess down, installing
the insulator on the side of the house and running the radial to the
insulator. The document you attached is *excellent* and I am going to read
it carefully before proceeding.

In fact, your suggestion has me thinking that perhaps I should install
poles *away* from the structure of the house so I can put the insulators at
the top and stretch the radial to maintain its vertical positioning. I
would only have to do the two 33ft 40 meter band radials that way as the
other radials fit on the roof, and I already have the poles, those green
army surplus tent poles Greg is selling.
[image: image.png]

*Thank you*. This is *very* helpful. :)

73,
KC1SOZ
Juan

On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 8:22 PM Andy Wallace <soldersmoke01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In looking things up it appears radials will have macimum voltage at the
> ends, so I’d make sure you have good insulators there; can you stand them
> off the house so they don’t move in the breeze?
>
> This may be too much info but you can digest this:
>
> [image: preview.png]
>
> elevated-ground-systems-article-final-version
> <https://rudys.typepad.com/files/elevated-ground-systems-article-final-version.pdf>
> PDF Document · 2.1 MB
> <https://rudys.typepad.com/files/elevated-ground-systems-article-final-version.pdf>
>
> <https://rudys.typepad.com/files/elevated-ground-systems-article-final-version.pdf>
> Andy
> KA1GTT
>
> On Jun 7, 2023, at 5:48 PM, Juan Jiménez <flybd5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> The docs for my antenna says that if radials are longer than the length of
> the roof from the antenna to the edge, they can be draped over the edge and
> allowed to hang down.
>
> Two of the radials I will install are 33 ft long but the house is only 45
> ft wide and the antenna is right in the middle and at the top of the roof,
> which means 10.5 ft of the radials will hang from the sides of the house.
>
> My read of this tells me that if I am using insulators, I should bring the
> radials to the insulator, through the holes and loop to secure, then let
> the rest of the radial hang down from the side of the roof.
>
> Is this correct?
>
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