On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:15:03 -0400, Mike Coslo
wrote:

The main reason I ask though, is that I thought I heard here some time
ago, that a dipole would perform better over a good ground system.

Hi Mike,

You heard correctly. The ground system lowers losses which translate
to more power out. This is not method of controlling TOA, simply loss
- all angles of radiation improve.

I don't have the results published, but I have a near field study
showing interesting results for a dipole over ground, and over
shielded ground at:
http://home.comcast.net/~kb7qhc/ante...pole/index.htm

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC