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![]() "KE5MBX" wrote in message oups.com... I have been advised by some hams that the best way I can hope to do 10- meters on my jeep is to mount my antenna ON THE WINDSHIELD to get a good ground plane. I read somewhere since then that the primary reason for cophasing CB antennas on trucks is NOT to direct the gain front and back, but to even the ground plane as though the antenna were in the center of the truck. Could I achieve the same effect with my Jeep by cophasing antennas on either side of the jeep by the doors? Even better- could I do this diagonally across from one corner of my jeep to the other? I heard the further apart the antennas are, the better, and I'm not really trying to get front/back gain for DXing. When it is all said and done, *I* would go with a single 102" whip cut for 10 Meters and mounted via ball mount on the left rear fender. This will work well, it is simple, and you will not be able to measure any appreciable benefit as to pattern or gain with any phasing arrangement. The thing about "cophasing" is more hype from the CB world (gullible people buy MORE antennas if they think some gadget will work better ![]() but I wouldn't go to all the trouble. 73 K4KWH |
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