I am mounting a Cushcraft R8 in a space-constrained location (the only spot available in my QTH.) The base of the antenna will be about 12 feet...
I am about to install a 6BTV at the bottom of my back yard in an area with trees (not deeply forested), and I thought to sense check my approach...
Ideally, we would use an enormous solid silver plate (equivalent in a sense to an infinite number of radials), but back in the real world what is...
Imagine we for some reason wanted to erect a ground mounted vertical in a desert, where we know that it never rains and we have pure sand many,...
For consideration and possible discussion... A common belief among ham radio operators seen on various websites is that vertical monopoles...
Contrary to the conclusions based on the far-field gains calculated by M-o-M software such as NEC 2.x and NEC4.x, vertical monopoles can have...
Ham website posts sometimes refer to using a set of four wire grids rather than the conventional set of separate wires when installing the buried...
HOA boundaries. Whining about it adds no value. Onward: Interested in mono or multi band antenna e.g. Tarheel, Scorpion with mount mast or roof...
Living out of a RV for a few months now. Currently I have a Tarheel 100A-HP mounted on the passenger side at the rear of the RV. It's still a tree...
Many threads posted on various websites over the years have included statements/beliefs on this subject, but support there for the accuracy of...
Hi all Just a quick idea that came into my tiny brain last night - to avoid ground radials becoming tangled when placed into bunches, whilst...
A great vertical HF antenna, design proven by 50+ years on the market! It's a great performer for many different situations....
A rather popular concept in amateur radio is that the physical lengths* of buried radials used with a vertical monopole need not be any longer...
Hi everyone. I just purchase a hustler 5btv. I want to take it up to field day but I want to put some radials on it first. I was hoping someone...
Hello I put up a "Tee" antenna a couple of months ago for 40, 80 and 160 meters and am trying to make the most of it. I chose the Tee design...
Suppose you wanted to put up an elevated, non-resonant vertical, like the 43ft commercial aluminum pole ones. Alternatively, maybe you have a tree...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] After our unsuccessful but very funny experiment using a drone-based vertical antenna, my friends and I did some research and...
IVE RECENTLY GOT AN OLD R5 VERTICAL ITS SEEMS TO BE WORKING OK AND I WONDERED IF ADDING ANOTHER 4 RADIALS WITH THE 4 ALREADY ON IT IF THIS WOULD...
This is a chart I carry with me for setting up the MFJ-1899T telescopic whip and elevated radial lengths. I came up with these settings using the...
Well, I'm finally at a permanent QTH and setting up an HF station. For a myriad of reasons, I'd like to use a vertical, but getting an adequate...
