28-07-2018, 08:18 AM
A question then, the answer for which I should know but I don't.
My meagre experience with ground plane antennas makes me think that there is very little energy in the ground plane. This comes from experience with mobile installations and a few 11m marine installations I have worked on.
If this is the case, what is the risk if someone touches the ground plane (radials in this case)?
If the risk can be shown to be negligible then I would think that the "rule" wouldn't apply.
BTW I occasionally run into a former field officer who lives somewhere locally, I'll run it past him next time I see him at the shops.
My meagre experience with ground plane antennas makes me think that there is very little energy in the ground plane. This comes from experience with mobile installations and a few 11m marine installations I have worked on.
If this is the case, what is the risk if someone touches the ground plane (radials in this case)?
If the risk can be shown to be negligible then I would think that the "rule" wouldn't apply.
BTW I occasionally run into a former field officer who lives somewhere locally, I'll run it past him next time I see him at the shops.