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That seems like it would work, less the hammering them into the ground, static mobile often means you are on tarmac and less so a field. However in my mind there is a balance between the convenience of a whip mounted on a vehicle with any "add ons" and going the whole hog and sticking one of my 1/2 wave's up.

I would use a base station antenna for uncompromised performance but if it is a less comfortable or more awkward QTH location I like the ability to drive off and be unattached to anything if need be.

I will definitely consider this, I initially discounted long radials but 3 x 102 inch radials spread could be the perfect compromise in some situations like some kind of hybrid vehicle GPA (Ground plane Antenna, especially if using a tank whip)

Good replies all, thanks..

<blockquote data-quote="TheBlaster" data-source="post: 732609" data-attributes="member: 58745">That seems like it would work, less the hammering them into the ground, static mobile often means you are on tarmac and less so a field. However in my mind there is a balance between the convenience of a whip mounted on a vehicle with any &quot;add ons&quot; and going the whole hog and sticking one of my 1/2 wave&#039;s up.I would use a base station antenna for uncompromised performance but if it is a less comfortable or more awkward QTH location I like the ability to drive off and be unattached to anything if need be.I will definitely consider this, I initially discounted long radials&nbsp; but 3 x 102 inch radials spread could be the perfect compromise in some situations like some kind of hybrid vehicle GPA (Ground plane Antenna, especially if using a tank whip)Good replies all, thanks..<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheBlaster, post: 732609, member: 58745"] That seems like it would work, less the hammering them into the ground, static mobile often means you are on tarmac and less so a field. However in my mind there is a balance between the convenience of a whip mounted on a vehicle with any "add ons" and going the whole hog and sticking one of my 1/2 wave's up. I would use a base station antenna for uncompromised performance but if it is a less comfortable or more awkward QTH location I like the ability to drive off and be unattached to anything if need be. I will definitely consider this, I initially discounted long radials but 3 x 102 inch radials spread could be the perfect compromise in some situations like some kind of hybrid vehicle GPA (Ground plane Antenna, especially if using a tank whip) Good replies all, thanks..(y) [/QUOTE]

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