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Vertical antenna

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:26 am
by ae6or
Is there anyone that is using a 40/80m vertical?
What brand would you recommend, what would be the best postion to install it, I personally would prefer to be ground mounted.
Thanks

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:12 pm
by k9yli
the rule of thumb is the higher it is mounted the less radials you need.

roof of a two story house is an excellant place..

My tri bander is mounted on the roof of a 60x80 all steel building.

'don''t need no stinkin' raidals'

I think you need 120 radials on a ground mount set up.
thats a lot of wire on 40 meters....

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:09 pm
by W3WN
Butternut HF2V.

Ground mounted.

Max out radials.

YMMV.

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