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SIMPLIFIES GROUND PLANE ANTENNA CONSTRUCTION, IN THE JUNE 2019 ISSUE OF
QST, JOHN PORTUNE, W6NBC, MAKES AN ELEGANTLY CLEAR STATEMENT ABOUT THE
ESSENCE OF A TYPICAL GROUND PLANE ANTENNA IT IS A DIPOLE.  ALTHOUGH A
GROUND MOUNTED VERTICAL ANTENNA WITH A FEW RADIALS IS DIFFERENT, IT IS ALSO
ESSENTIALLY A DIPOLE.  ITS OPERATING FREQUENCY CAN BE TWEAKED BY SLIGHTLY
ADJUSTING EITHER HALF OF THE DIPOLE ITS HEIGHT OR THE LENGTH OF ITS
RADIALS.  THIS IS KEY TO A UNIQUE WAY OF ESTABLISHING TWO RESONANT
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FREQUENCIES FOR ONE VERTICAL RADIATOR.  CONSIDER A VERTICAL ELEMENT WITH
LENGTH H IN FEET H 234/F MHZ, AND F IS A FREQUENCY MIDWAY BETWEEN THE
PREFERRED PART OF THE CW BAND AND THE PREFERRED PART OF THE PHONE BAND.
NOW, DIVERGING FROM THE TYPICAL DESIGN, IMAGINE THE COUNTERPOISE CONSISTS
OF EIGHT RADIALS FOUR OF WHICH ARE SHORTER THAN H, AND FOUR OF WHICH ARE
LONGER THAN H.  LONG AND SHORT RADIALS ALTERNATE, EVENLY SPACED, AROUND THE
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