[TowerTalk] Radials on Butternut

[N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson]

Hello-
I will be purchasing a Butternut HF9 vertical for CQWW SSB, and I 
have a few questions:

On the radials, will it help if  I lay 4 1/4 wave radials for each 
band with 90 degrees spacing on each one? Here's a rough sketch of my 
idea (not to scale):
					40
			20		|
			           \	|
			   	   \	| 	
				     \	|
			-------------- -------------40
					|
					|
					|
					|

etc...

The other question is:
I have a big 50 ft. tree just directly south of it. In the 
spring-fall months while there are leaves and moisture present, will 
it affect the normal operation of the antenna?


Thanks, 
Cedrick- N9YXA
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Cedrick Johnson - N9YXA - Z2/N9YXA
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Aurora, IL 60506-2134  
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