On Friday, April 12, 2013 1:56:50 PM UTC+1, Jeff Arrowsmith wrote:
hi folk's, sorry to sound a bit thick but can anybody tell me where i connect the radials to an sv9 vertical, i have put around 54 around my lawn, i have a stub post about 3ft high. The actual antenna bracket is 18 ins from ground as per instructions,will it make any difference ? being that the stub post is only 3ft from ground or would it be better up about 10 ft high. thanks jeff m3lwg

hi again paul, sorry i got it wrong, an old brain thing hi hi, the antenna is a
SANDPIPER V9 MK 3 what i have tried is attaching a wire from the radials to the outside of the pl259 with a hose clip. so i will have to wait to find out if its better with them, the thing that confuses me is according to the ins, you attach the radials to the bracket,but the bracket is insulated from the main vertical part of the antenna, all it is really is an aluminium pole with the inside core of the coax attached to it with an so239 fitting. with different freq whips attached . thank's for your time and patience jeff.