What on Earth is a counterpoise?
If you use 1/4 wavelength vertical antennas, you probably recognize the necessity of having a good ground radial or counterpoise system. In this video, Dave Cassler (KE0OG) explains the theoretical and practical background of counterpoise systems and how they improve antenna efficiency and reduce power loss. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjIQ0nRw1Ik This is post 2380 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comments from Dave (KE0OG): We apologize for missing some days, we had some trouble working, but we are glad to be back. Raymond asks "Dave please tell me what is your definition of counterpoise" He has noticed that wikipideia and ARRL give different definitions for counterpoise so what is a counterpoise really? Subscribe: https://youtube.com/user/davecasler . Ask Dave Playlist: https://goo.gl/inaQeB . Tip Jar: http://ke0og.net/tip-jar Edited by Callu...