Northcutt114 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 9 hours ago, WRYZ926 said: They work well, especially with a bunch of ground radials. But you do need a NanoVNA or analyzer to tune them. You will drive yourself crazy trying to use a SWR meter to tune them. I run 24 to 32 radials with my vertical. 24 radials? Wow! I thought eight was a lot. Quote
WRYZ926 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 There are guys that have permanently installed ground mounted verticals that use 60 or more ground radials. There is a point of diminishing returns once you get to a certain number of radials. But usually the more ground radials you have on a 1/4 wave vertical, the better the antenna performs. I have three 8 1/5 ft radial wires per single 4mm banana plug and my antenna has holes to connect 8 radials. That is how I connect 24 radials at one time. I then made some 4mm banana plug y adapters so I can add 8 of the longer radials if I want. Northcutt114 1 Quote
WRYS709 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 On 1/2/2026 at 4:21 PM, Northcutt114 said: Great looking antenna! Northcutt114 1 Quote
TNFrank Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 I've been getting a lot of POTA contacts. Most come in at 5/3-5/4 but we still make the QSO. I guess I'm becoming a POTA Hunter, LOL. SteveShannon, WRYZ926 and Northcutt114 2 1 Quote
WRYZ926 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 13 hours ago, TNFrank said: I've been getting a lot of POTA contacts. Most come in at 5/3-5/4 but we still make the QSO. I guess I'm becoming a POTA Hunter, LOL. You can sign up for an account on the POTA website. Once signed up you can get credits for the POTA stations you work as a hunter that apply towards awards. I signed up way before I ever did my first POTA activation and had a lot of calls in my blog as a hunter. SteveShannon 1 Quote
TNFrank Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 1 hour ago, WRYZ926 said: You can sign up for an account on the POTA website. Once signed up you can get credits for the POTA stations you work as a hunter that apply towards awards. I signed up way before I ever did my first POTA activation and had a lot of calls in my blog as a hunter. Don't you have to be an ARRL member to do that? Quote
SteveShannon Posted January 4 Posted January 4 3 minutes ago, TNFrank said: Don't you have to be an ARRL member to do that? No, not at all. It’s not related to ARRL. TNFrank 1 Quote
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