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I'm just chasing the proverbial better mousetrap. A full length 1/4 wave is about as good as it gets for a mobile antenna, but seeing some of the things that are done with base verticals makes me wonder if there isn't any way to improve on it.

Booty, you've got the general idea. What I'm looking for is a better performing mobile antenna. I use a full 1/4 wave steel whip mounted approximately center of the roof of my s10 blazer. I've bonded everything on the vehicle; hood, doors, body, engine, trans, even the exhaust. I use a...

DB, that's pretty much what I was thinking, that the efficiency losses would cancel out any theoretical improvement. But there's alot of people on here that know alot more than me, so I started the thread. Thanks!

Booty, I've read it, and everything else signal engineering has published, as well as alot of other texts on antenna theory. I know enough to know there's a whole lot more I don't know! But, I'm not talking about a skinny fiberglass rod, I'm thinking something more substantial. For a rough...

Comparing the "textbook" radiation patterns, lowest take-off angle and greatest horizontal range is achieved by a .64 wave radiator, folowed by 5/8 wave, 1/2 wave, and finally 1/4 wave. My question is if a .64 wave antenna, built small enough to actually be used mobile (under 9ft long), would...