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Reviews For: Ross Radio; Antenna Ground Radial Lawn Staple Anchor Pins

Category: Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Review Summary For : Ross Radio; Antenna Ground Radial Lawn Staple Anchor Pins
Reviews: 77MSRP: 12.49
Description:
A Proven Fast Easy Method to Help Install your Antenna Ground Radials!
Product is in production
More Info: http://radialstaple.wordpress.com/
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WA3ETD Rating: 2013-08-25
OUTSTANDING! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
You can't go wrong with the RossRadio radial staples! I'm in the process of rebuilding the ground system for my Part 5 experimental MF (475 KHz) station over grass, and the staples make it almost painless. It sure beats cutting and bending 100's of pieces of brazing rod.

I should add that the clips arrived in four days after ordering. A great purpose product!

John WG2XKA/WA3ETD

WB2QIG Rating: 2013-05-14
Really Good! Time Owned: N.A.
Let me start off by saying what effort Ross put into getting the pins to me. On a scale of 1 to 5 he was a TEN! The Post Office however gets a -100. If I was running a company like the Post Office is run, well, never mind. Unfortunately I think Ross lost money in the money spent for delivery.

Good product, GREAT service, & a general all round nice man to do business with. If all vendors were as decent as Ross is, oh baby, life would not only be good, it would GREAT.
KH6DC Rating: 2013-03-30
Awesome Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Been using DXengineering biodegrdable plastic anchors but when installing in moist clayey soil (adobe), lightly hammering breaks them. Tried Ross Radio's anchors and they slide right in holding the ground radials tight. Ordered 2 bags and installed 32 radials. I may install another 32 and will definitely order more anchors.
K6BHB Rating: 2013-03-24
great value, nice touch Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Okay, so when you order this, you get a ziploc bag of wire staples for your ground radials. There's not much to it -- you puts your wire down and then you push the staple on top of it. Works pretty well.

I was impressed with the packaging -- it included some printed instructions on setting up ground radials, as well as a CDR with a few technical articles. There was even a QSL card in there, made out to my call sign, with the note "Hope to catch you on the bands one day!" I guess he knows his target market -- new hams trying to set up an antenna. Good stuff!
W4NRY Rating: 2013-03-07
Just right Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Plenty of radial pins for the price! Prompt delivery, even included a CD on radial performance and theory. A must for any vertical antenna installation.
KE7SA Rating: 2012-06-25
Radial Wire Staples Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Just installed a DX-88 using Ross's staples. Did the research, read the reviews and ordered 2 bags, about 700+ staples. Ross confirmed receipt, shipment and even a follow up! Laid out 38 radials so far. Made a "heavy duty" radial plate. Took lots of pictures. Greats tips from others here on "Reviews." Install was easier than I thought. Took about 4 hours over two days of rain. I used a heavy rubberized glove to thumb push the staples into the sod. They went down easily. Also wore my water-proof pressure washing pants to get on the ground. So far, DX-88 performance is equal to a 64 foot center feed Zepp dipole at 34 feet up at center that the DX-88 will replace. Still testing and tuning but all seems well. VSWR is 1.2 to 1.5 and losses measure very low on the network analyzer. I wish other vendors would operate a business like Ross does. First class!
KF7UXC Rating: 2012-06-17
These really work! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I just finished putting out 47 radials for a Butternut HF9V multiband vertical. They were a mix of 40m and 20m 1/4 wave-lengths to fit the yard. I used an entire 0.5 lb bag (I bought two bags since they are not expensive and wanted extras if needed). I'm very happy with them so far - the Ross staples made the radials disappear into the lawn as advertised (I first mowed the lawn to make sure the grass was reasonably short to start). The quality of the small Ross Radio staples is very good and they were easy to place without tools. My wife and I stapled the radials in less than 30 mins. The quality of service from Ross Radio was exceptional and would highly recommend them.
N9ZI Rating: 2012-05-21
Works Great Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Great product - Fast shipping - Good price - Nice gentleman to do business with. Have purchased more than once, always great service.
WA8CCU Rating: 2012-05-11
Excellent product and service! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I always poo-pooed radial staples.
I decided I would invent a soil/grass slot maker for the wire,using the garden tractor....that idea worked poorly at best.
Then I got the brilliant idea of a 1"x1" stick with a rather sharp edged pulley at the end that fit the #14 wire radial. Just layout the wire and roller'in'.......worked worse than my first idea.
So.....I buy some of the Ross staples....what the heck, they are inexpensive but probably won't work anyhow.
WOW! Was I wrong, these things sure don't look like much, but they work great!
Easy to push in, install goes fast and bingo, one week later I can't find the radials.
They are really inexpensive for what they accomplish and certainly will take the frustration out of radial installations.
Lastly, Ross is a pleasure to do business with, honest and a real gentleman.
Al WA8CCU
WN0Y Rating: 2012-04-20
Fast shipping and easy too use Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Ross shipped these very fast. It didn't take long to put down a dozen radials. The staples push in quite easily and hold well. Much better than digging up the yard. Also much better than trying to make your own. I highly recommend using these! Al - WN0Y

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Earlier 5-star review posted by WN0Y on 2010-08-15

I decided to bury a few radials and then compare that to using the staples. The staples worked great and I much prefer them to digging. They hold the wire close to the ground and it shouldn't take long for the grass to cover them. Plus, there aren't all the ugly scars from digging, and you can lay down radials fairly quickly. I think this is the way to go for radials.