Hello all. I recently bought an Icom IC-38A and a Cushcraft Ringo II ARX-220B
antenna. When the previous owner was taking down the antenna, he accidentally
snapped one of the radials at the thread. I put the antenna up without the
extra piece of coax and the radials and the SWR is just fine. I can even hear a
repeater about 50 miles north of me with the antenna only 10 feet off of the
ground.

Will I benefit by having the radials? I was thinking of contacting Cushcraft to
see what replacement radials would cost.
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