Radials will improve the efficiency the more you have the better the
improvement to a certain point of about 120 radials. After that not worth
the effort.

"Jim Higgins" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:09:29 -0400, in
, Ron
wrote:

Hustler says the 6BTV will work OK without radials as long as the
ground is not dry. The salesman said so also. So I bought it.

I was delayed in installing it because of a nesting Red Shouldered
Hawk that I refuse to disturb.

Meanwhile, I am reading articles online that indicate that the 6BTV
might work very poorly without radials even with a low VSWR.

I will have a nasty time installing radials where I want to put it.

Anyone have any experience in that regard?

I've had a 5BTV, ground mounted, various types of soil, for over
25 years. On the principle that "anything works," it does "work"
without radials, but not very well, and especially in dry or
sandy soil. The addition of as few as four radials makes a
significant improvement. My radials are buried 2 - 3 inches.

--
Jim Higgins, KB3PU

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