[TowerTalk] DX Engineering radial plate question

[Gary Schafer]

Now there you go! Best idea yet. 
Why is it that so many people think that the radials have to terminate in an
almost perfect ring around the base of the vertical? Just run all the lines
to a common point near the base of the antenna and tie them together, tie
them to one another, run them directly to the matching network. There is
nothing wrong about making a bend or two in the radials to get them to one
place.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> 
> I made up radials in sets of 8, twisted together and crimped into a
> single terminal lug. The crimp connection is totally sealed against
> corrosion, by a combination of solder, hot-melt glue and heat-shrink
> sleeving. This makes a very solid anchor for the 8 wires.
> 
> The sets of radials were all made up on the bench, where quality control
> is much better than working outdoors on my knees. This method totally
> eliminated outdoor soldering, and reduced the number of bolted
> connections by a factor of 8.
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> 73 from Ian GM3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
> http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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