"Scott" wrote in message ...
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Hey Jim (Weir)...isn't that idea something similar to a Ringo Ranger II
(I have several) where the "ground radials" are connected via a piece of
coax that I believe is about 1/2 wavelength long?

The Ringo Ranger isn't a quarterwave. The whiskers on the bottom of
it aren't for the same purpose as the quarterwave groundplane. They're
primarily there to keep the feedline from radiating.