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
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Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:31 AM
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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]>
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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.