Korbin,
I have just done a heap of experimenting on 80m using a Terlin Outbacker
"Outreach" mobile whip.
I found that it made none or little difference when using 4 x 1/4 wavelength
radials.
I then used a 33 ft fibreglass extendable pole with a dipole attached,
certainly and naturally it outperformed the mobile whip.
I made up a full wave loop on 80m, slung it vertically between 2 large
trees, and found it out performed the dipole, mainly because of the noise
level was lower than either the mobile whip or the dipole.
On receive the full wave loop was the best, followed by the inverted vee and
lagging way behind was the mobile whip.
my 2 cents worth.
John

"Korbin Dallas" wrote in message
news:Uem7g.54594$Eh4.50096@trnddc01...
: On Sun, 07 May 2006 10:33:51 +0930, OZUser wrote:
:
: As an avid 4WD SUV owner I do a lot of outback travelling (Austrlian
: Deserts, Cape York, Kimberly Coast) and as such have a Barrett 950
HFradio
: &Barrett 910 Autotune antenna installed for comms.
:
: Would it be preferable when camped / stationary to earth the vehile to a
: "ground" ground = what I am looking for is a better receive signal ?????
:
: Switching to a Dipole antenna suspended from the trees would be a Major
: step upward in performance.
:
: Mobile antennas have very low efficiency, grounding them will not improve
: that significantly relative to the dipole.
:
: KD