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From: Hardie@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (Maj. Douglas Hardie)
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Subject: Re: Vertical Antenna Recommendations
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 10:39:43 EDT
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Any of those verticals require a good ground plane to be effective.  I
have used the Hygain in several configurations.  It only worked when it
was not close to large metal objects and had a good set of radials.  I
had real problems with the radials when mounting the antenna on the
roof.  Never got that to work very well.  If you ground mount it, it is
easier to get a good ground plane, but you have to watch out for others
(usually kids) who touch it while you`re operating.  I have switched to
the Cushcraft R3 which is a half-wave vertical for 20-15-10 and does not
require radials.  You lose the bottom bands, but avoid the radial
problem.

-- Doug WA6VVV