[Antennas] Re: Elavated Ground planes
George, W5YR
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2002年10月31日 23:23:46 -0600
Where did you connect the coax braid at the antenna end?
73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
K2 #489 Icom IC-765 #2349 Icom IC-756 PRO #2121
Ron Bracklow wrote:
>> Mick,
>> I one lived in a mobile home that had an all metal roof and thinking that
> this would make a great ground plane I installed a 5 band vertical
> approximately 10 feet above the roof. In a word, it didn't work a darn!!
>> The only thing that I could think of that all this metal just saturated the
> ground plane and overloaded everything. I couldn't get a match no matter
> whether I raised or lowered the antenna.
>> Perhaps there is someone here on the reflector that has more knowledge about
> verticals than I do, that could help clarify the reason why?
>> Good luck,
>> Ron, N6PWW