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'Half the fun of it is in the 'doing', not the results..."

While I do appreciate the sentiment, the fun for me starts the day I can stop climbing up on my roof, and start using my radio.

I guess the thing that frustrates me the most, is that I keep getting TOTALLY conflicting info, everywhere I turn. Most places I look, say to "make sure to isolate the radials from the mast, and don't ground them". Other people say it doesn't matter. In fact, Tom (at Zerofive) told me that his experiments do not support the "non-grounded radials", and the "isolate the radials from the support mast" contention. And he is quite aware that I am talking ELEVATED radials here.

Most people say that you should "decouple" the radials from ground, on an elevated vertical. I've gotten to the point that I don't really care one way or the other. In fact, I think I'll ground the hell out of, just for spite.

<blockquote data-quote="Bushmaster" data-source="post: 114082" data-attributes="member: 1589">Quote:&#039;Half the fun of it is in the &#039;doing&#039;, not the results...&quot;While I do appreciate the sentiment, the fun for me starts the day I can stop climbing up on my roof, and start using my radio.I guess the thing that frustrates me the most, is that I keep getting TOTALLY conflicting info, everywhere I turn. Most places I look, say to &quot;make sure to isolate the radials from the mast, and don&#039;t ground them&quot;. Other people say it doesn&#039;t matter. In fact, Tom (at Zerofive) told me that his experiments do not support the &quot;non-grounded radials&quot;, and the &quot;isolate the radials from the support mast&quot; contention. And he is quite aware that I am talking ELEVATED radials here.Most people say that you should &quot;decouple&quot; the radials from ground, on an elevated vertical. I&#039;ve gotten to the point that I don&#039;t really care one way or the other. In fact, I think I&#039;ll ground the hell out of, just for spite.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bushmaster, post: 114082, member: 1589"] Quote: 'Half the fun of it is in the 'doing', not the results..." While I do appreciate the sentiment, the fun for me starts the day I can stop climbing up on my roof, and start using my radio. I guess the thing that frustrates me the most, is that I keep getting TOTALLY conflicting info, everywhere I turn. Most places I look, say to "make sure to isolate the radials from the mast, and don't ground them". Other people say it doesn't matter. In fact, Tom (at Zerofive) told me that his experiments do not support the "non-grounded radials", and the "isolate the radials from the support mast" contention. And he is quite aware that I am talking ELEVATED radials here. Most people say that you should "decouple" the radials from ground, on an elevated vertical. I've gotten to the point that I don't really care one way or the other. In fact, I think I'll ground the hell out of, just for spite. [/QUOTE]

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