On Sun, 07 May 2006 10:33:51 +0930, OZUser wrote:

As an avid 4WD SUV owner I do a lot of outback travelling (Austrlian
Deserts, Cape York, Kimberly Coast) and as such have a Barrett 950 HFradio
&Barrett 910 Autotune antenna installed for comms.

Would it be preferable when camped / stationary to earth the vehile to a
"ground" ground = what I am looking for is a better receive signal ?????

Switching to a Dipole antenna suspended from the trees would be a Major
step upward in performance.

Mobile antennas have very low efficiency, grounding them will not improve
that significantly relative to the dipole.

KD