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Category: Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Review Summary For : DX Engineering Radial Plate
Reviews: 44MSRP: 54.50
Description:
Stainless Steel Radial Plate
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-radp-3
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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N1UK Rating: 2013-09-22
Quality Product Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I used four of these plates on my 40m 4 Square. They are well made of stainless steel, will fit a wooden 4x4 or 6x6 post as well as other types of pole and post. They provide attachment points for the radial wires as well as a pre-drilled bracket for an SO-239.

Excellent product.
KT4EP Rating: 2012-11-01
Excellent product Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Have never used a ground vertical and built my first using this plate with 72 radials. This is a quality item. No need to jury-rig wires and connections, just use their plate with provided hardware. Do it right the first time and get this radial plate.

Also, I had never ordered anything from DX Engineering. I ordered this plate and some other items on a Wednesday evening via Internet and had them Friday afternoon and the radial plate on the ground Saturday. Then I ordered some other items a week later with the same prompt delivery.
K6FI Rating: 2012-03-06
Great Parts and Support Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I purchased the Radial Plate for my Hustler 4BTV Install. All the parts came packaged nicely and all accounted for plus two spare washers :).

Installation and directions for all my equipment (Tilt Base, Radial Plate, Current Feedline Choke) was superb.

I have 60, 32 foot radials attached. When I had questions, I called their support and spoke with George who was more then helpful, he was a very pleasant understanding person to speak with.

If I need parts again, DX Engineering is the place to shop and be satisfied.

Pictures available here http://blog.k6fi.me
KC0CF Rating: 2011-10-22
Excellent radial plate! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Installing ground radials was so easy with this plate, I installed it under my Hy-Gain Hy-tower, with 40- 65 ft radials. The performance of this vertical, before and after was amazing. Each night I would try it with a few more radials down, and get better results. The quality of manufacture is the best, nothing to cut your fingers on, no curse words utered, and that is nothing short of amazing for me. Do your self a favor and buy this radial plate, not only does it work exactly like the guys at DX engineering say it does, it is beautiful and easy to work with as well, the RF feed through gets the ground from to the radials perfectly. Thanks DX engineering, this vertical works all the dx it hears now.
K2VI Rating: 2011-01-19
excellent customer service Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Love this radial plate. The best thing is it is built like a stainless steel panzer tank. This plate will be used 20 years from now. You buy it once it last forever. I did have a bad thread on one of the stainless saddle clamps that secures the plate. I called dx engineering and it was in transit the next day.Great company to do bussiness with. They stand behind there product. Thanks DXE.

ANTHONY COSTA K2VI
NV7E Rating: 2010-09-21
Best radial plate Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have a Cushcraft MA8040V vertical which worked fine at my former QTH in South Africa. It is a great antenna but weaknesses are that connection of the coax to the antenna is flimsy and the number of radials you can attach is limited.

The DX Engineering radial plate solves these problems. With it you can install a SO-238 connector which you can solder with a wire to the antenna for use with a regular PL-259 plug for your coax. The radial plate provides for 64 radials with larger bolts and nuts for better connections. It's very solid.

I used the radial plate as part of the MA8040V installation on the chimney of my new QTH in Nairobi. It works great. It will be a standard part of my future vertical antenna requirements.

5Z4EE
W3END Rating: 2009-04-13
Awesome Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Great product makes putting radials down so easy and neat plus the folks at DX Engineering are absolutely the best. If you're going to put down radials I highly suggest buying this product from DX.
K9FON Rating: 2009-03-24
WOW! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
What a great piece of work!!
I just installed it under my Hustler 4 BTV to "tidy up" my 50 or so radials i put down hastily that looked like a rats nest. I was suprised at how well made the plate is. It took me all day to pull up all of my radials and associated spikes and reinstall all 50, but the install looks so much neater now. No more rats nest!!! Thanks DX Engineering for a great product!!!
WG5J Rating: 2009-02-25
A must have for the steppir vertical. Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I love my Steppir BigIR vertical but it only has one ground lug. This radical plate solves that and it totally rocks. Nice construction, quick service, etc. - Highly recommended. 73, D.
K0BT Rating: 2009-02-22
Makes Installing Radials Much Easier Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This hardware is very well made and it makes installing radials much easier. I installed 60 radials around a 6BTV and I don't know how I would have done it without this plate. The folks at DX Engineering are pleasant and helpful and they know a lot about antenna installation. I highly recommend their hardware and their company.

Bob