"Vinnie S." wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:58:40 -0600, "Richard" wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:50:35 -0500 Vinnie S. wrote:

Hi. If I want to talk abrefoot and run a dipole for 27 MHz in my attic,
I
noticed there are numerous versions. The vertical is out for obvious
reasons. So
there are inverted and horizontal. Is there any version I am better off
using
barefoot?

Vinnie S.

How about a fiberglass marine antenna which requires no ground plane?

Or just as well, a 4ft fiberglass with a piece of metal for the ground
effect.
Being indoors or out, makes little difference.
It's what is covering the antenna that makes the difference.


Well, there is this. Essentially, it's a 5 foot 5/8 wave Firestik, but the
radials are rather short 30". Shouldn't the be like 9ft?

http://www.firestik.com/Catalog/IBA5.htm

Again, I only want this for a temporary solution.

Vinnie S.

Yeah that should work decent as a temp antenna.
Since it has the ground plane rods built in.
Since it's 5ft, that means it's coil loaded. Hence, the 30".
Just don't expect to get the mileage out of it as a bigger antenna would
get.