Then I was mistaken. Mounting at the rear hatch is good enough for VHF? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 06/10/2013 07:26 PM, Mike S wrote: > On 6/10/2013 10:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> I have heard that with a fiberglass pop-top there isn't a sufficient >> ground plane to make a vehicle-mounted antenna work well. But perhaps I >> am mistaken. > > If you mount at the front, it's just a matter of inches to connect to > the ground plane. > > He was talking about mounting at the rear, grounding to the hatch - > there's a lot of local plane there. > > There are also antennas which don't require a ground plane, of course. > At HF, no vehicle (less than a full size semi-trailer) can provide an > adequate ground plane. > > > |
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