{"id":316,"date":"2024-08-29T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/?p=316"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:21:55","slug":"an-elevated-radial-vertical-antenna-for-pota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Deploy an Easy Elevated Radial Vertical for POTA Superiority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wqw3ultuPQg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"released a video\">In a recent video<\/a>, <strong>KB9VBR<\/strong> demonstrates how using <strong>elevated radials with a vertical antenna<\/strong> can significantly improve performance\u2014especially for <strong>POTA (Parks on the Air)<\/strong> activators. His portable antenna system features <strong>tuned elevated radials<\/strong> paired with an <strong>elevated vertical antenna<\/strong>, designed to <strong>reduce ground losses<\/strong> and <strong>minimize the effects of soil inconsistencies<\/strong> often encountered in field deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the video doesn&#8217;t dive deep into the technical theory, it offers a valuable and practical look at enhancing your <strong>field antenna system<\/strong> for portable operations. Whether you&#8217;re a seasoned ham or just getting into POTA, this approach could help boost your signal and make more reliable contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Watch the full video below to see the antenna in action<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best Ham Radio Antenna: POTA PERformer HF Vertical\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqw3ultuPQg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harness the power of elevated radials with this antenna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,18],"tags":[19,20],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antennas-technical-news","category-news","category-pota","tag-technical-news","tag-youtube"],"blocksy_meta":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4.jpg",512,512,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4.jpg",512,512,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4.jpg",512,512,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4.jpg",512,512,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4.jpg",512,512,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pota-cropped-thumbnail_Graphic4.jpg",512,512,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"N8GMZ","author_link":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/?cat=17\" rel=\"category\">Antennas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/?cat=16\" rel=\"category\">News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/?cat=18\" rel=\"category\">POTA<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Harness the power of elevated radials with this antenna","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.we8chz.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}