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A Cheap and Easy Ground Plane
- Thread starter RickC.
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looks cool homer . ricks fishing rod for the verticle verticle and my X for a groundplane .
we'll send you the bills for copyright infringement shortly
hehehehe . yours looks a lot cleaner than mine though , good job sir
Let's just say you guys are inspirational. . .
Sounds fun. maybe I can get the wife to go out of town should I try to make something UGLY (her word).
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I'm game if anyone else wants to at it.
It's working quite well. I actually think it is about as good as the A99 was in the same location. Not so good as the 5/8.
need help . whats the best way to make a ground plane up for a wallen modulator atenner so it works in a loft in side
I made a 1/4w groundplane out of some old aluminum army tent poles once I had to screw together 3' sections but it worked. I used 2" PVC pipe for the insulator and screwed my ground radials to it. I was surprised how well it hung together. Was able to talk 70 miles to a guy with a big beam antenna one night with it.
I had to screw together 3' sections but it worked. I used 2" PVC pipe for the insulator and screwed my ground radials to it. I was surprised how well it hung together. Was able to talk 70 miles to a guy with a big beam antenna one night with it.bridgman123,
Had to find out what kind of antenna you referred to but it appears to be a simple mobile antenna. If so, then three or four wires about 9 feet long should work with it as a 'groundplane' or it's 'other half'. How you would go about arranging the thing in an attic would be according to how much room you had to work with.
Those wires would take the place of the vehicle's metal body. You'd attach them to the antenna in the same way the vehicle's metal body would attach. Maybe a metal plate with the proper size hole for the antenna, then attach the wires to the plate?
Have fun.
- 'Doc
Had to find out what kind of antenna you referred to but it appears to be a simple mobile antenna. If so, then three or four wires about 9 feet long should work with it as a 'groundplane' or it's 'other half'. How you would go about arranging the thing in an attic would be according to how much room you had to work with.
Those wires would take the place of the vehicle's metal body. You'd attach them to the antenna in the same way the vehicle's metal body would attach. Maybe a metal plate with the proper size hole for the antenna, then attach the wires to the plate?
Have fun.
- 'Doc
For a stealthy or inside antenna I would think it would be hard to beat a simple dipole.
