Hi.

That depends upon the vertical antenna.  The ones that are supposed to act 
as an electrical quarterwave do require a ground or radials, but a few are 
designed to function electrically as a vertical dipole, and these do not 
require a radial system.  For example, I run the GAP Titan, which uses this 
design and does not need radials.

The Cushcraft R5, R7, and R8 antennas also fall into this category and do 
not require radials.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 01:18 PM 3/17/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi John;
>
>I don't know much about vertical antennas however, the ground radials are
>the other half of the antenna.
>
>Without ground radials, a vertical antenna is not real effective.
>
>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>Since I do not have room for something like a G5RV or Carolina Windom I a
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