Those radials are for RF, not lightning protection.
They may actually gather energy from a nearby strike
and inject it into your system!
> Would the lightning protection provided with numerous bare radials fanned out
> on the surface of the ground from a ground mounted vertical antenna be
> greatly reduced or eliminated by using insulated radials instead?
>
> TIA, 73, de Jim KG0KP
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Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
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