[600MRG] E-Field Antennas, Continued

[Frank Lotito]

 The 600mrg bulletin board of Dec 20 and 21, 2015 had a few postings on E-Field (Probe) antennas.  Included were snippets recommending how and where to ground the coax feed line to the E-probe antenna's amplifier unit.  Definitely good food for thought, at least for me with my miniscule theoretical understanding of how antennas work.   However, etched in back of my mind is the September 2001 QST article by K0BRA, "The AMRAD Active LF Antenna," pages 31 through 37.  The author very briefly discusses the use of a ground screen directly under the feed point "to stabilize fields around the antenna and to reduce noise coupling," page 37, the caption directly under the color photograph.  [ http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/0109031.pdf ]



Could someone explain the merits (positive / negative) of the AMARD chicken wire ground screen vs the grounding methods suggested in this column's Dec 20 and 21 replies.  Has anyone published "A" vs "B" vs "C" comparisons of test results for different grounding methods? Published a theoretical analysis of an E-Field probe antenna, as to exactly where the vertical radiator is?  I would assume empirical data can be more conveniently obtained if the antenna was scaled for VHF instead of LF?



73 Frank Lotito  K3DZ / WH2XHA