At 11:21 PM -0700 5/2/98, Dan Baldwin wrote:
>I am considering buying the Cushcraft R7000 and MFJ verticle antennas
>(MFJ-1796 and 1798). I like the construction of the Cushcraft R7000
>but I would also like the verticle ground mounted. I am really not sure
>the R7000 can be ground mounted (about 3 feet off the ground). I
>know the MFJ antennas can but have heard that their verticles are not well
>constructed. I don't have room for ground radials so I am looking for
>a verticle which I don't have to attach ground radials. Does anyone have
>any info. on the subject if so I would sure appreciate it.
Check out the Gap antennas as http://www.gapantenna.com/. They are treated
as vertical dipoles and, as such, are billed as requiring no grounds.
73, Dick
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Visit http://www.qsl.net/cvrc/
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