making a temp antenna using either firestik 5 ft or 102 in whip as a base. been looking at Tram 1470/Harvest 1401/Negoya ground plane kits for 11 meter use.anyone have any exp with these ground plane kits that use a mobile antenna as a base..and are any worth a filp? Thank You. Old Guy In Texas.
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antenna ground plane kits
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BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Plain old #14 or #12 copper wire works just as well...use at least 3...4 or 6 radials 102-108 inches long...with an insulator on the end to a piece of rope at 45 deg angle to antenna...staked down/tied to trees/fence posts etc. Will work just as well, if not better with a SS whip
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Have made a ground plane using three 4' Firestiks. One for the vertical element and two for the radials (angled down @ 45 degrees). Also made two dipoles using the same antennas. One horizontal and one inverted V. All worked well.
Couldn't find the thread on my ground plane but did find the other one:
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/inverted-v-attic-antenna-using-mobile-whips.183341/#post-517741
That's an old Realistic/Archer/Radio Shack 5/8 bracket with a home built insulator at the bottom. The black box is a SGC SG-230 remote tuner. The whip is also SGC. SGC telescoping 33' marine whip. The ground plane is fiberglass whips of various states of decay that would be dangerous or negligent to put on a mobile.
The ground plane has since been replaced by 36 below ground radials .
The post in the ground is also the vertical test stand for all manner of goofy and weird RF .
ButtFuzz isn't the only mad hatter here.
Made and seen many of these. Use a Trucker Mirror Mount for the base. We used to have a local supplier for 5/16 solid aluminum rods that we bought for the ground radials. Use 3 or 4 of them. 102" whip for the radiator. The guys called them Homemade Stardusters. They worked fine.
