On 21 Aug 2006 18:35:41 GMT, Ed
wrote:

I've lost you here, on the "planted into earth" part. The original
poster was asking about 2M vertical vs. groundplane antenna. I would
assume for 2M that either antenna would be up in the air..... ???

Hi Ed,

In that case, the gains are identical. A vertical "planted into the
earth" exhibits a higher gain (given many other considerations) than
an elevated vertical - be that elevated vertical be a dipole or a
ground plane design (which is simply another dipole, albeit rather
more elaborate).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC