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Been trying to pound that into people's heads for years. A lot of amateurs stop adding ground radials when the SWR on their ground mounted vertical hit 1:1. I tell them to keep going until they see something more like 1.4:1 or so or better yet use an analyzer to watch the impedance and shoot for 32-36 ohms. The small SWR is nothing and the antenna will be much more efficient.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 665920, member: 39"] Been trying to pound that into people's heads for years. A lot of amateurs stop adding ground radials when the SWR on their ground mounted vertical hit 1:1. I tell them to keep going until they see something more like 1.4:1 or so or better yet use an analyzer to watch the impedance and shoot for 32-36 ohms. The small SWR is nothing and the antenna will be much more efficient. [/QUOTE]

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