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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 N4OGW |
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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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Try an antenna tuner to balance it out.
gene "Rod Maupin" wrote in message ... 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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