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...
I installed the 5btv temporarily about 5 months ago. I lag-bolted the antenna directly to a 4x4 and added the radial system using ground bus...
Hi everyone! So my question is this...I've noticed some antenna have need of radials..or counterpoises...also others have need of ground...
As soon as we move to the new place I'll site my Hustler 6BTV in the yard. But until then I am having a bit of trouble understanding radials....
I just acquired the Hustler 6BTV vertical. In all likelihood I will ground mount it and probably maintain the tiltover base for high...
I just finished installing ground radials for my DXE8040 VA-1 vertical, in the woods. 64 radials, each 65' long. Mostly straight and more or...
