Wayne wrote:
Needs to be either in the attic, or on a metal patio cover.
A vertical on top of a 20 foot pole "might" be possible.

Currently I am using a 1/4 wave vertical mag mount on top of a metal patio
cover. I also have a half wave dipole in the attic.

So, any ideas for something better?

Wayne
W5GIE

It depends on what you mean by "better".

A bowtie should fit in the attic, will have roughly the same gain as a
dipole, but will have a better SWR across the band.

A diamond loop would be about 6 feet tall, a square loop would be about
5 feet tall, and a hex loop a bit over 6 feet tall and all would have
a bit more gain than a dipole. My attic isn't that tall but yours may
be.

A HEN at 6M would have even more gain, but at about 10 feet tall would
likely have to go over the patio cover. The vertical pattern would depend
on how high above the patio cover you can mount it. EZNEC can easily
model that.

And of course there is always a 5/8 vertical directly on top of the
patio cover, which serves as the ground plane.



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Jim Pennino