I enjoyed your story and it was very thorough with plenty of detail on construction and performance.

Last fall I put together a 40 meter vertical using 6 of those 4-foot military mast sections. The wire is wound in the same helical fashion. I have worked more DX on that vertical on 40 than I ever had before. And that's with only 4 radials on the ground.

Tomorrow I am finally going to be able to go to my favorite building supply store about an hour's drive from here and among other things I am coming back with a big spool of wire. The back yard will be mowed short and I will lay a lot more radials down.

I put the thing up just for fun and didn't really think it would work that well...but it sure has. I can't wait to see how the improved ground system helps.