you're right, it is ground independent, I used it on a plastic car and it
worked as well as my base setup believe it or not. I'd still think the
distance from the HF antenna to the duel bander would be a problem, but is
there any way you can get it over the HF antenna? on the same mast? I'd
think that would be better than under it though if you're clear by a lot it
might not be too bad but when we put the bike on the bikerack on the back of
the car it was about 2 feet from my antenna on the back of the car, it
changed things a little but it was still useable.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: suggestions needed for simple and quick mount 2-meter/440
antenna


    My understanding is that the Diamond 770 is "ground independent", which
is why I was thinking of it.  It works well on our vehicle, using a magmount
base which, of course, isn't an option here.

The real challenge is figuring out how to mount it safely.  I have found
that R and L Electronics has some sort of an RV mounting kit, which I'm
going to call about tomorrow.

And, again, does anyone see a problem if I were to mount something like the
Diamond 770 underneeth the painter's pole being used for the HF dipole?

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: suggestions needed for simple and quick mount 2-meter/440
antenna


> The problem with a 5/8 wave antenna is that it will not work well if there
> isn't a good ground plane under it, and it sounded from Tom's message like
> there might not be.  I think that ground independent antenna designs are
> the way to go for this application.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>