I would guess that you would do a lot better using radials. UNLESS you have
a motor home as big as my brothers (easy a 1/2 wave on 80 Hi!)
And then -- why roof mount?
Better on the ground. Drive a good ground stake at the base of the
antenna and tie the coax shield to it.
See you on FD!
73
Harv
K6EXO
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Osborne <w7why@harborside.com>
To: TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 1:25 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] FD antennas
>
>
> Hi TTian's
>
> I'm rigging up some antennas for FD and was thinking about using
> some verticals. I am thinking about putting the base of the
> verticals just above the top of the camptrailer, on the left
> side. I'm going to hook the shield of the coax to the skin of
> the trailer. The question is, do I need to put radials out or
> will the skin of the trailer make a good ground plane. 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
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