What is with you and the swr meter? Forget it. Make a dipole and hang it
up.Make a groundplane and hang it up. Get a cheap 1/4wave commercial mobile
whip, cut it 19" long, stick it on a metal bracket and screw it to the house
gutering. Bandwidth is so wide at VHF you won't have a problem. I've never
bothered with an swr meter at VHF. The formulas work.

Brad.

"tom" wrote in message
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My other cohort suggested a ground-plane vertical, too. What's the deal
with ground plane verticals? It seems they are slightly mechanicaly more
complicated than a half wave dipole, but that's fine if there's some
advantage. Are they safer to use without an swr meter?