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another thread on ground elements on 1/2 waves .

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"BM, in my opinion there is a big difference in how a 5/8 wave radiator is affected by radials and a 1/2 wave. The same applies to a 1/4 wave, but it needs radials even more so. Since Imax is a 5/8 wave, one might ask how it performs without radials? If you doubt this then you are Homer try your 5/8 wave ground planes without radials...and you'll see they don't work so good. The answer is in the matching device, just like Shockwave told us some time back."

i agree with you OGP . but the poll question is "Which works best for the A99" not what will work . i think it's more than obvious that the A99 does a excellent job for many people just as it is and some folks have better results with it than they do bigger 5/8's . some folks need the ground elements and a choke along with mast isolation to get good performance from them in their installations . i don't recall any comments from anyone saying that adding ground elements , choking and isolating ended up degrading the performance of there A99 . some have said it made no difference though .

IMO location (where it's at and whats around it) will dictate what a A99 (or any other) antenna will do . if i feel a antenna needs ground elements i'd add some that were resonate for the frequency/band it will be used on . just my thoughts ............

<blockquote data-quote="BOOTY MONSTER" data-source="post: 346929"><a href="http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/71031-half-wave-antennas-not-needing-ground-elements.html" target="_blank">http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/71031-half-wave-antennas-not-needing-ground-elements.html</a>another thread on ground elements on 1/2 waves .*******************************************&quot;BM, in my opinion there is a big difference in how a 5/8 wave radiator is affected by radials and a 1/2 wave. The same applies to a 1/4 wave, but it needs radials even more so. Since Imax is a 5/8 wave, one might ask how it performs without radials? If you doubt this then you are Homer try your 5/8 wave ground planes without radials...and you&#039;ll see they don&#039;t work so good. The answer is in the matching device, just like Shockwave told us some time back.&quot;i agree with you OGP . but the poll question is &quot;Which works best for the A99&quot; not what will work . i think it&#039;s more than obvious that the A99 does a excellent job for many people just as it is and some folks have better results with it than they do bigger 5/8&#039;s . some folks need the ground elements and a choke along with mast isolation to get good performance from them in their installations . i don&#039;t recall any comments from anyone saying that adding ground elements , choking and isolating ended up degrading the performance of there A99 . some have said it made no difference though .IMO location (where it&#039;s at and whats around it) will dictate what a A99 (or any other) antenna will do . if i feel a antenna needs ground elements i&#039;d add some that were resonate for the frequency/band it will be used on . just my thoughts ............</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BOOTY MONSTER, post: 346929"] [url]http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/71031-half-wave-antennas-not-needing-ground-elements.html[/url] another thread on ground elements on 1/2 waves . ******************************************* "BM, in my opinion there is a big difference in how a 5/8 wave radiator is affected by radials and a 1/2 wave. The same applies to a 1/4 wave, but it needs radials even more so. Since Imax is a 5/8 wave, one might ask how it performs without radials? If you doubt this then you are Homer try your 5/8 wave ground planes without radials...and you'll see they don't work so good. The answer is in the matching device, just like Shockwave told us some time back." i agree with you OGP . but the poll question is "Which works best for the A99" not what will work . i think it's more than obvious that the A99 does a excellent job for many people just as it is and some folks have better results with it than they do bigger 5/8's . some folks need the ground elements and a choke along with mast isolation to get good performance from them in their installations . i don't recall any comments from anyone saying that adding ground elements , choking and isolating ended up degrading the performance of there A99 . some have said it made no difference though . IMO location (where it's at and whats around it) will dictate what a A99 (or any other) antenna will do . if i feel a antenna needs ground elements i'd add some that were resonate for the frequency/band it will be used on . just my thoughts ............ [/QUOTE]

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