You are correct.  the center of the coax goes to the upper screw, which goes 
through the  upper part of the antenna, which is the radiating element.

 The shield of the coax attaches to the lower screw, which is your ground. 
To this screw you also attach radial wires and  connection to a ground  rod, 
if any.

The small  matching coil goes  between the 2 screws.

Just strip off enough insulation to get the wire around the screw.   You can 
bury the radials, or just lay them on the ground.  More are better. 
Several short ones are better than 1 or 2 long ones.

73, Steve KW3A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: radials and a few questions again, sorry!!


>I finally got the vertical back up.  Butternut hf 6v.  I have a copper 
>wire=
> for the ground.  There is 2 screws on the antenna at the bottom.  1 seems 
> =
> to have the center of the coax attached to it and the other the outside 
> wir=
> es.  Where do I put the ground?  Also do the radials go to the same 1?
> I have a few pieces of direct burial wire with about 4 to 6 strands of 
> wire=
> in it.  Can I leave the insulation on it and just expose the ends or do I 
> =
> need to strip them and bury the wire uninsulated?
>