Date:         Sat, 14 Jul 2001 00:19:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Re: CB antenna question
Comments: To: john clark <jclark@PURPLEMOUNTAIN.NET>
In-Reply-To:  john clark <jclark@PURPLEMOUNTAIN.NET>'s message of Fri, 13 Jul
              2001 23:21:39 -0600
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I met a gentleman that had a later model Westy, with a Wilson 2000
magnetic base loaded antenna on his roof rack.

I asked him about the ground plane thing, and his response was, that he
had riveted a steel plate under the roof rack, and the riveted a smaller
plate to the top of the rack, to stick the antenna on.

I guess the plate under the rack served as a sort of ground plane, and
he told me there is enough metal under the pop-top to serve as a ground
plane also.

He said it worked well.

I know the Wilson antenna is  excellent, but if in fact it worked good
in this situation, I am sceptical.

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Terry--
74 Campmobile- (Clementine)
85 GL- (Delilah)
86 BMW 325 ES- (Eva)