im on the fence with this one.
im thinking of moving my dipole from my fence in the back yard (7 feet) to the top of my roof. ( 20 ish feet) probably will keep the dipole horizontal for concealment reasons, and also for DX reasons.
BUT, im also thinking that maybe it would be just as easy to take the spare 102" whip i already have, and put some radials on it, and put that guy on the roof.
i can easily make a small tripod mount to attach the whip to.
my concern is, do the ground radials need to be at roughly 45 degrees ? and also, i just factored snow into the equation. i was worried about snow covering up my horizontal dipole on the flat roof i have here. will snow covering up the ground radials affect anything worth worrying about ?
im thinking of moving my dipole from my fence in the back yard (7 feet) to the top of my roof. ( 20 ish feet) probably will keep the dipole horizontal for concealment reasons, and also for DX reasons.
BUT, im also thinking that maybe it would be just as easy to take the spare 102" whip i already have, and put some radials on it, and put that guy on the roof.
i can easily make a small tripod mount to attach the whip to.
my concern is, do the ground radials need to be at roughly 45 degrees ? and also, i just factored snow into the equation. i was worried about snow covering up my horizontal dipole on the flat roof i have here. will snow covering up the ground radials affect anything worth worrying about ?