Brainstorming my first base antenna.

[BrownCow101]

I’m slowly working on a base station with a few good mobile radios. I’m browsing through the internet on antennas and seen what’s called an Antron A99. Are these antennas any good for a starter? It would have to be based on the ground instead of on the shed roof.

 

[w2xq]

Probably not. CB antennas are verticals intended to be put in the air. You won't have much coverage, if any, on the ground. At the minimum, consider using a pushup pole guyed with rope to mount the antenna.

 

[BrownCow101]

Well my hands are kinda tied. I’m not allowed to drill holes in the building but, I have a hole I can use from an old land line near the ground. I have two 6 foot copper rods and some really heavy copper wire for a ground.

 

[slowmover]

Small Base Antenna: SIRIO Boomerang W

Each leg about 4’ plus or 9.4’ total https://unicomradio.com/product/sirio-boomerang-w-base-antenna/ Forgotten I had one of these. Am going to be home long enough it’s worth the trouble to me to get a 5-gal bucket holding a painters extendable pole to run it up a ways. Similar to this...

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Not a tower substitute, granted, but it’d get one on the air till a better solution derived.

Reason I have one is the need to disassemble for easy transport. I’m not on-air, it’s stowed away.

Permanent antennas need much more work for proper mount (wind load) and DC ground.

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