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I'm running a 5/8 wave and gonna play around with some new materials to see what I can get out, A: Receive B: Less static C: interference on electronics.

thanks for the input, it makes more sense now, so I'm on the rite track, it's just boiling down to my radial lengths and getting the rf choke to work better being I'm getting a bit of rfi. I still get out there pretty far and clean.

Also, any thoughts on the 102" whip or a more expensive 18' 4 pc base antenna?

Hey thanks for the reply and information it was a real help, yes I do have RFI, and if I'm understanding correct I should isolate the firestik from the pole itself. Plus change my choke to a 4" tube instead of a 2" with 5 1/2 turns instead of my 8. Also my guy lines are a nylon rope so it was my...

there she is. The fugly stik

not much, still new to the base antenna's. Something I whipped up, works good, gets out. Still some things I'm trying to understand.

Still trying to figure out this antenna.

I know this subject is years old, I'm very new to these forums but I am currently doing this same setup for county use in a small club of mine for the time being. I have 5' mobile antenna at 5/8 wave, my understanding is I need 3 radials at 8' and a rf choke . So this is what I've done. Now my...