[Elecraft] Question about vertical and radial placement

[Phil Kane]

On 2/14/2010 4:17 PM, djmd wrote:

> Currently without any HF antenna and after seeing my friend's
> success with his homebuilt vertical, I'm starting to consider a
> self-supported 43' allbander, from DX-Engineering or the like.
> Not really looking to discuss general performance vs. other
> antennas, but I am curious about my options for installing.

          [balance snipped]

  My lot is about the same size as yours.

  Consider the Cushcraft R-8 (or R-9 if they have brought it out)
  which is what I use with my K2.  It does not require an external
  "radial field" because it has its own decoupling skirt - hard
  to describe but easy to see in a photo or drawing of it.

  I installed it off the back deck of my two-story house on a 10
  foot mast so that the decoupling skirt clears the 8 foot high
  deck structure.  Another 10 foot piece of conduit is installed
  over a ground rod (safety/lightning ground, not RF ground) and
  the top of that conduit is bonded to the bottom of the mounting
  mast as well as the bottom of the conduit bonded to the round
  rod.

  Works like a charm!

--  73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
    Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402