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Easy way of installing radials for a vertical antenna

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Most HF vertical antennas need a ground radial/counterpoise system to function efficiently. Installing these radials can be a tedious procedure, especially if you're constructing a radial field of 32 to 64 wires. In this video from Callum McCormick (M0MCX), we see how the process can be simplified with a few simple tools. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDbvNs0E4M This is post 2802 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comments from Callum: Cheap Method 1,250 feet (400m) of Radials for Ham Radio Vertical Antenna 4,591 views • Nov 5, 2021 • I used the EASY method using biodegrabable radial pins on the grass to bury my ground mounted vertical antenna radials. Follow me and enjoy your amateur radio antenna station installation! Callum, M0MCX. Here's the tilt-over build https://youtu.be/v0xrqmoKC_s #radials #hamradio #dxcommander ----- Thanks for joining us