[UK-CONTEST] Verticals

[Roger G3SXW]

Don G3BJ said:

>The HF2V is a great antenna for 40 and 80, but of course you need an earth 
>mat.

Maybe better to raise the base a few feet and use two resonant radials per 
band, sloping down. There's an excellent article on the Bencher/Butternut 
web-site called "Choosing a Vertical". It's long but worth a read as a full 
discussion about different vertical systems:

http://www.bencher.com/ham/index.php?main_page=page_4

73 de Roger/G3SXW.