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
>