On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:31:06 -0500, Cecil Moore wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
Hi, I was looking to buy one of these. But running ground radials will be a
problem because the area is woods. I was looking to not using ground radials. I
do have a small running stream in the woods. Would a ground rod in the stream,
offer a good counterpoise that would eliminate the need for radials?

A ground rod would result in rather high ground losses.
With woods all around, why not put up a multi-band dipole?

That was my first choice. I am not strong on antenna theory, so I and afraid to
build one. I was looking at a Alpha Delta DX-CC, but they have been on backorder
sonce March. I emailed them 3 weeks ago, and they said 7-10 days. I emailed them
again today, and they said 2 weeks. I liked that antenna because of the coax
feed. I was trying to sta away from the other dipole that use ladder line.

Vinnie S.