Can you run a ground lead out your garage door to any real dirt? Pound in a
ground rod and tie off to it. Any ground rod is better than no ground rod.
You aren't looking for perfection here.

Good luck,

Bill, W4WNT

"res08z36" wrote in message
...
I could use some help in setting up a HF antenna and another antenna to
work
VHF. I live in a condo that doesn't allow outside antennas at all, so
I'm
trying to set something up in my garage...maybe set up in the rafters
above
the car.

I have a set of Iron Horse HF antenna sticks for the HF radio and a
Diamond
X50 for the VHF/UHF radio. The problem is I can't get either to work.
I
suspect it is because there is no ground going to the antennas. They are
mounted on a antenna mast that is sitting on the concrete slap of the
garage.

Does anyone have some ideas of what I can do? Is there a different
antenna that I should consider that would solve this problem (of not
having
a real ground...just a cement floor)?

-Bruce