On Friday, April 4, 2014 9:16:01 PM UTC-5, Fred McKenzie wrote:


3. Ground is relatively flat. Drooping radials to approximate a sleeve

dipole is stretching the definition of a ground plane!


The best modeled version of the 5/8 with 5/8 radials scheme, I
consider more of a dual 5/8 collinear than a 5/8 ground plane.
You don't get the full 5.1 dbi free space gain of the straight
collinear, but you get fairly close.
But.. I don't really care about the name.. Just as long as they work.