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Old September 23rd 05, 08:58 PM
 
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I have a Butternut Vertical (as a secondary antenna) and a regular radial
system set up with it. I also have a metal roof on my house (here in the
country in Western Washington). I have been wondering if I can use the
metal roof as the radial system/ground plane for this antenna. Haven't
tried it yet. Would this work or would it detune the antenna?


I did that once with a HF6V and a metal roof about 40' above ground.
It seemed to work fairly well. The tuning on the Butternut is fairly
touchy on several bands, so yes, you will probably need to retune it
between roof mounting or ground mounting (I did).

Tor
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Old September 23rd 05, 09:10 PM
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Thanks Tor. I have the same antenna, an HF6V. You're right. It is touchy
on some of the bands.

Rod


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Old September 24th 05, 03:26 AM
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Try an antenna tuner to balance it out.

gene

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Thanks Tor. I have the same antenna, an HF6V. You're right. It is
touchy on some of the bands.

Rod




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