Why you need ground radials with a vertical antenna is to give the radiation a return path. These radials are to prevent ground warming and loss of much needed power.
How to install ground radials is a necessary skill when dealing with vertical antennas. They are an actual part that is needed to this type of antenna.
How many ground radials do I need is an important question asked by many hams. This video will answer these questions as well as others you may have.
A vertical antenna can be very effective if constructed with the correctly made ground radial bed. This is an absolute performance booster.
00:00 Why you need ground radials
00:25 1/4 wave length height
00:55 Heating the worms
01:08 Top view of antenna
01:45 Ground radial length
02:04 How many radials are needed
02:30 Purpose of ground radials
03:05 Power radiates into the air
03:10 Subscribe and 73
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