I've even known people who said they had RFI issues with the add on kits and 
not without, that was all they changed so they took it off and it was back 
clean again and performing better.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: IMAX 2000


> John, you are right the add on kits are a waste of money..  Some of the
> guys here that have tried them say that the IMAX does better without
> them.
>
> FRED ADAMS W4HC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:31 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: IMAX 2000
>
> Those ground plain and add on kits for that and the A99 are a waste they
> work better with out them.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 5:46 AM
> Subject: Re: IMAX 2000
>
>
>> Keith, just do a web search, their is an available ground plane, but
>> that prevents the antenna from working below 11 meters.  The antenna
>> tunes as a half wave, which makes a ground unnecessary.  It sounds
>> like the coax choke is a good idea.
>> They give the weight of the antenna as 9 pounds, but I haven't seen a
>> wind load factor for it.