Rod Greene wrote:
>
> Dave, I have often wondered how a vertical would play if
> mounted on top of a metal roof. Could the metal roof
> panels be used for the 'ground' instead of radials? It
> would seem that the roof would actually be better than
> radials. Any ideas? I have a metal roof over my shack ..
>
> Rod
HI Rod
A friend of mine here, W7IVX, put a HF2V on top of a barn with a metal
roof and it played real well. You have to make sure the panels are all
bonded together with jumpers. It is a good grounp plane. 73
Tom W7WHY
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