That A99 works great on 10 doesn't it? I use one for that. works on 12 and 
15 very well too, but you know what's even better? a modified Maco V58 
though that has radials too. Some one gave me one a few years ago, it was 
only up a year and he never used it because he was moving but 2 others I 
talk to on 10 meters ran them and it did, in a comparison, in both cases, 
beat the a99 pretty well. I'd have put that up here when I got it but I had 
the A99 up already, when it falls apart I will swap it out with the V58 
though. I have to modify it, the clamps that hole the sections of the 
antenna together I don't like, I want to use real hose clamps on it instead 
of the things they use. It's actually similar to the ringo ranger but not 
exactly.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John J. Jacques" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: FW: butternut hf v6 antenna


> Hi all, I have a Butternut hf6 laying in the yard, that I am going to put
> up, Someday!  GRIN!  What I plan to do, is mount a 3 foot tripod in the
> middle of my roof on my mobile home and use the mobile as a ground plane.
> These antennas like it when you have them ground mounted, but, with all
> of the other mobiles around me, that wouldn't be practical and I figure,
> this way, it would think it is ground mounted, but be up in the clear!  I
> still expect my A99 to work better on 10 meters, because most multi-band
> antennas only use the bottom 8 feet on ten, and so are effectively a
> quarter wave ground plane, whare as the A 99 is a half wave!  By the way,
> the best multi-band antenna I have ever had, and I could kick myself for
> ever getting rid of it, was the Cresh Craft R5!  That antenna did not use
> any traps and was designed to be mounted at 15 feet or so, with no ground
> radials!
>
> 73 and 88 whare appropriate:
> J. J.
> John Jacques
> Amateur Radio Station: KG7FA
> "Where Cat Is,  Is Civilization!"
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