"Charlie" wrote in message
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Just recently installed a Hustler 4-BTV ground mounted vertical. I added
20 tuned radials on 10,15,and 20M each for a total of 60 tuned radials. I
also added 12 tuned radials on 40M. I was lazy and bought them from DX
Engineering where I also got their stainless steel ground radial plate and
the nifty tilt-over mount for the 4-BTV (and other verts as well). I did
a little tweaking on the 4-BTV today and the tilt over was a breeze to
use..what a treat to be able to complete an antenna tweak in about 2
minutes total time. Rig is ICOM 746 PRO and I am working all the DX I can
hear.

www.dxengineering.com

Photos and stuff on my site listed below.... 73 / DX

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH

Very nice install and photos ... that is the way this antenna should be
installed !

w9gb

Thanks for those nice words...just today I added the 75M Hustler "Super
Resonator" and got it tuned to the 75M dx window. Can't wait till this
evening to do some 75M dx work. I do not have it guyed but do have the tilt
over bracket so if it's windy I can tilt it over all the way.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Live Blues Music
www.492acousticblues.com




"w9gb" wrote in message
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"Charlie" wrote in message
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Just recently installed a Hustler 4-BTV ground mounted vertical. I added
20 tuned radials on 10,15,and 20M each for a total of 60 tuned radials. I
also added 12 tuned radials on 40M. I was lazy and bought them from DX
Engineering where I also got their stainless steel ground radial plate
and the nifty tilt-over mount for the 4-BTV (and other verts as well). I
did a little tweaking on the 4-BTV today and the tilt over was a breeze
to use..what a treat to be able to complete an antenna tweak in about 2
minutes total time. Rig is ICOM 746 PRO and I am working all the DX I
can hear.

www.dxengineering.com

Photos and stuff on my site listed below.... 73 / DX

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH

Very nice install and photos ... that is the way this antenna should be
installed !

w9gb

Charlie wrote:
Thanks for those nice words...just today I added the 75M Hustler
"Super
Resonator" and got it tuned to the 75M dx window. Can't wait till
this
evening to do some 75M dx work. I do not have it guyed but do have
the tilt
over bracket so if it's windy I can tilt it over all the way.

Nice looking installation but how will you mow the lawn next spring
when the grass grows up thru your radial farm? Without the mower eating
the radials?? I'd bury the things and forget them but I'm curious about
how you plan to solve the problem.

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Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Live Blues Music
www.492acousticblues.com

w3rv

Hi Kelly..
I am slowly but surely covering the radials with top soil out of our
pasture. I should be done in time so that once the grass needs to be mowed I
can set the deck for 2 inches ( I usually cut at 1 inch) and the soil
covered radials will be fine..I hope!!!

73 / DX

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Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Live Blues Music
www.492acousticblues.com




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Charlie wrote:
Thanks for those nice words...just today I added the 75M Hustler
"Super
Resonator" and got it tuned to the 75M dx window. Can't wait till
this
evening to do some 75M dx work. I do not have it guyed but do have
the tilt
over bracket so if it's windy I can tilt it over all the way.

Nice looking installation but how will you mow the lawn next spring
when the grass grows up thru your radial farm? Without the mower eating
the radials?? I'd bury the things and forget them but I'm curious about
how you plan to solve the problem.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Live Blues Music
www.492acousticblues.com

w3rv

I've laid radials out over a lawn a number of times. The grass roots
grow right over them in a short time, and the radials just disappear. No
problems mowing. I do staple them down with pieces of electric fence
wire bent into a U shape, to keep them down against the ground until the
grass grows over them.

But this is an exceptionally good area for growing grass -- grass seed
is the largest agricultural crop around here.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

wrote:

Nice looking installation but how will you mow the lawn next spring
when the grass grows up thru your radial farm? Without the mower eating
the radials?? I'd bury the things and forget them but I'm curious about
how you plan to solve the problem.


--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Live Blues Music
www.492acousticblues.com


w3rv

Roy Lewallen wrote:

wrote:
Nice looking installation but how will you mow the lawn next spring
when the grass grows up thru your radial farm? Without the mower eating
the radials?? I'd bury the things and forget them but I'm curious about
how you plan to solve the problem.

I've laid radials out over a lawn a number of times. The grass roots
grow right over them in a short time, and the radials just disappear.
No problems mowing. I do staple them down with pieces of electric fence
wire bent into a U shape, to keep them down against the ground until
the grass grows over them.

But this is an exceptionally good area for growing grass -- grass seed
is the largest agricultural crop around here.


The key question seems to be: Where you live, which is harder - growing
a lawn, or mowing it?

If your lawn seems to grow faster than you can mow it, you can safely
lay the radials on top... and then let the grass do all the hard work.

Some years ago, a friend laid a radial system of 1in wide metal strips,
simply stapled down onto his flat, dense English lawn. Within a year,
you couldn't see the strips from any distance away. After about five
years they were completely covered.


--
73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek

Roy Lewallen wrote:

I've laid radials out over a lawn a number of times. The grass roots
grow right over them in a short time, and the radials just disappear. No
problems mowing. I do staple them down with pieces of electric fence
wire bent into a U shape, to keep them down against the ground until the
grass grows over them.

But this is an exceptionally good area for growing grass -- grass seed
is the largest agricultural crop around here.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Three years ago I laid some RG-213 in the grass across my back yard and into the shack.
It's
close enough to the ground that my mower doesn't touch it, and after one year
you couldn't even see it! It's about a 50 ft run and has stood up to two Alberta
winters with no signs of deterioration. I have also run radials in the grass and
was surprised at how fast they disappeared into the roots -- I didn't use any
staples -- too lazy!

Irv VE6BP
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