On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 00:23:32 GMT, mike wrote:

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:41:45 GMT, Richard Clark
wrote:


Hi Mike,

A metal roof? Make it one half of the antenna, the other half driving
straight for ground.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC


Thats a thought. But Wouldnt it be really noisy?
I also have a really big CB antenna up top too.
Hasnt been used in 15 years and would need to rewire it as the
hardline is tatered.

mike

Hi Mike,

Noisy? Only listening can tell. There is nothing terribly important
about antennas except they be as high as possible and long in
proportion to the longest wavelength (tenth wavelength would be
bordering on pretty small, one wavelength bordering on getting large -
notice there's a lot of latitude between). If you notice the presence
or absence of the CB antenna, I would suspect you must have a mighty
small roof.

No one ever stops at one design. You are the first example of that
with your comment about two. No one stops at two either. If they
did, they sure don't post here (and you, again, provide yet another
example of that verity). The reason being is that you can't tell what
you've done unless you can compare it (and it hardly pays to take
someone else's word without testing ;-)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC