What do you think is the best Omnidirectional antenna for 11 meters ?

[Mudduckmobile]

We have moved. We are in a 2 story home in N.W. MT. Our roof is all metal (this snow country).
I can only go 10 ft over the roof line. Any thoughts?
Right now I have my delta loop up, top feed with the bottom of the delta 6ft overt the metal roof and my sides looking East, West. (the metal roof is my "back door"...East side).
Thank you.

 

[sp5it]

Too low for any CB antenna. Radiation pattern will be extremely distorted.

 

[Mudduckmobile]

yhap

 

[bob85]

How high is the roofline ?

 

[Mudduckmobile]

How high is the roofline ?

Peak is 42 feet to the ground, I can go no higher then 10 ft over roof line

 

[jessejamesdallas]

Peak is 42 feet to the ground, I can go no higher then 10 ft over roof line

That would put you over 50' in the air...Heck the tower my beam is on is only 40', so 52' up is fine...

Only ground plane antenna I have had, is one of Mr.Coily's, and that thing is built like a tank... Since I really haven't used any other brand of ground plane, I can't compare it to any...But as far as quality workmanship go's, I would think it's second to none.

ONLY reason I took it down was to put up a beam antenna, otherwise it would still be up.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Sirio Gainmaster would work well in that setup.

 

[Mudduckmobile]

That would put you over 50' in the air...Heck the tower my beam is on is only 40', so 52' up is fine...

Only ground plane antenna I have had, is one of Mr.Coily's, and that thing is built like a tank... Since I really haven't used any other brand of ground plane, I can't compare it to any...But as far as quality workmanship go's, I would think it's second to none.

ONLY reason I took it down was to put up a beam antenna, otherwise it would still be up.

I'm tripen on how the metal roof may act on the antenna.
And I have heard the Mr. Coilys are real good.

 

[Mudduckmobile]

Sirio Gainmaster would work well in that setup.

Looking at that too.

 

[bob85]

I like gainmasters for their broadband vswr curve,
decent performance & neighbour friendly looks but they won't take the power sirio claim & they snap in high winds,
also very easy to damage tightening the hose clamps,
gainmasters don't like even 300w FM if you are long winded,
another shot themselves in the foot antenna from sirio,

vector 4000 has an edge over 5/8waves & imho are less adversely effected by things around them than other antennas, work well close to ground vs the rest & take up far less horizontal space,
but they are also weak in high wind,

avanti astroplanes were designed to make the most out of height restrictions,
they raise current maxima higher when mounted at the same tip height than others apart from sirio's new top-one,
12ft tall so you would get most or all of the antenna above the roofline, hard to find nowadays but not impossible,

sirio new top-one 12ft tall also raises current maxima like the astroplane for a better view over roof-lines,

if i wanted a sturdy 5/8 groundplane id look at the usa made shockwave or something lighter a used i-10k..

 

[rabbiporkchop]

Considering you live in Ice & Snow Country I think I would 2nd the Interceptor 10K or the Shockwave antenna for durability reasons under extreme winter conditions.

 

[Highlander_821]

I'd go with the Gainmaster. If I needed to exceed the power limitations of the Gainmaster, I would go with the Maco V5000.

 

[BJ radionut]

I have not noticed anyone mentioning the Penetrator SP500...It was always a favorite of mine along with the old Avanti Sigma 5/8th's...
My pennies worth
All the Best
Gary

 

[Troubleshooter]

I myself run a Zerofive Colossal and its a great antenna.. My friend runs a sirio gainmaster which is good as well.. My other buddy runs a IMAX 2000.. All great antenna's.. I was going to initially put up the IMAX 2000 but glad I went with the colossal.. Good luck with whatever you choose..

 

[jessejamesdallas]

I'm tripen on how the metal roof may act on the antenna.
And I have heard the Mr. Coilys are real good.

I doubt it would have any negative effect on the antenna...If anything, it maybe beneficial...Just like placing a antenna in the middle of the roof on your car.

Coily's are good...expencive, and there's usually a wait time involved since Dan doesn't always have a bunch of antenna's just lying around waiting to be shipped...Custom antenna's are like custom Amp's...Builders, build to order.