Hi,
I've got the butternut 9 band vertical & need to put it in a new QTH.
At the old QTH I had around 90 burried radials 60' each and it was
ground mounted. Now I'm in a location that ground mounting won't be
so easy to do as there's a lot of briars & scrub where the radials
would have to go. I'm 100 feet from salt water so I'll have that to
my advantage.
I have two realistic choices, one is to mount it on the existing roof
mounted tripod & the other is to mount it on a pole 8' above ground
and run radials from there. Seems like the roof mount would surely be
the best way to go.
So now comes the question of radials. I sure can't have as many as at
the last QTH. Any experience out there regarding the number of
radials I'll need & the best length to use to reach diminishing
returns? Low angle is what I'm going for as I enjoy DX on CW.
Thanks!
Gary
ka1j
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