No you need a quarter wave radial. That would be 108 inches.
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No you need a quarter wave radial. That would be 108 inches.
DJ11DLN
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Deleted - redundant.
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K9DWB
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I had a 102" antenna mounted with a large coil spring mounted on the right rear of my car to run a CB. I'd bought all the parts at Radio Shack when they had the answers to our questions. It did quite well as a mobile setup. So yes, ground plane makes a big difference in making or breaking it.
PS my poor car looked like a Remote Control car refugee.
PS my poor car looked like a Remote Control car refugee.
doctorbubba010
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Can you run more power to an antenna than it’s Rated for?
K4EET
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Sure. You just run the risk of the antenna failing and depending on how it fails, and depending on how much or how little protection the transmitter/receiver/radio system has built in to it, it may take other things with it too.
russbrill
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Not really, full sized radials for 11-meters are 9ft long... There are antennas that use De-coupling radials that are shorter, but now we're opening another can of worms
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doctorbubba010
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How do you know your antenna has failed?
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A very high SWR might be an indication of bad things to come.
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