Irv & Mike - the radials don't have to be tuned? Or - the real
quesion - they aren't random length, you're still talking about
cutting a bunch for 80M, a bunch for 40M and a bunch for 20M (or
something like that) and then fanning out all the radials from the
base, correct?

Question - if and when I put up a vertical, how close can it be to a
tree, the house, etc, if ground-mounted?

tnx - Mark


On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:29:22 +0000, Mike Luther
wrote:

Very good advice, Irv

Irv Finkleman wrote:

If you plan to be at your QTH for a while, it's not difficult to
lay untuned radials along the ground, or bury them down a half inch
or so with a pizza cutter. I laid mine in the grass and after a
couple of months you don't even see them anymore -- the mower goes
right over them. If you are concerned, you can nail them down
using hairpins. They not only serve as a great base for a vertical,
but they also provide a very good rf ground. They don't have to be
any special length -- its the quantity that counts.