[TowerTalk] Ground mounting vs roof mounting verticals

[Steve Katz]

My experience is closer to W4ZWs.  My 6BTV at 28' with 24 radials is comparable to my inverted vees at 55 feet, and typically 6 dB down from my beams on 15 & 20 meters at 60'.  Moving it to the ground with 105 radials isn't anywhere near as good.
 
WB2WIK/6

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From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com on behalf of Jon
Sent: Mon 10/19/2009 6:47 PM
To: ve3zi at rac.ca; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground mounting vs roof mounting verticals



My mileage did indeed vary.

I had an old 14AVQ mounted as a ground-plane up about 35' and it was a
killer DX antenna, not as good as my TH-6DXX at 75' but very good as a
second antenna.  I later mounted it on the ground and it lost a lot compared
to the TH-6DXX.

As a GP on 40M it was a great antenna for DX work.  On the ground, it was
less than a dipole at 50'.

As you said YMMV



Jon Hamlet, W4ZW

Casey Key Island, Florida
"A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"




---Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Roger Parsons
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 5:46 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground mounting vs roof mounting verticals
>
> I have an old AV3 10-15-20m vertical. I used to have it on top of a 20'
pole with 4 radials
> for each band. Compared to my A4S it was so bad as to be useless -
although the match
> was good on every band.
>
> I moved it to ground level with a lot of radials. It is now about 6dB
worse than the beam
> which makes it a useful second antenna.
>
> YMMV
>
> 73 Roger
> VE3ZI
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>
>
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