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Everything you never wanted to know about VHF/UHF antennas
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<blockquote data-quote="Yukon Joe" data-source="post: 1033140" data-attributes="member: 2921"><p>That is tough to follow even for an engineer! </p><p></p><p>One item really sticks out in that dissertation for my application. It says to put as much metal mass under the antenna. If I mount it to the fiberglass cap, there won't be any metal there. </p><p></p><p>The other two items to address are DC ground and RF ground. I think for RF ground, the cap would be OK, cause it is a large flat surface. </p><p></p><p>For DC ground, I already have the radio grounded to the battery. But do I need to DC ground the antenna cable at the base of the antenna? I don't think that I do. Meaning the fiberglass cap would be an acceptable place for the antenna to be mounted. Or am I interpreting this wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yukon Joe, post: 1033140, member: 2921"] That is tough to follow even for an engineer! One item really sticks out in that dissertation for my application. It says to put as much metal mass under the antenna. If I mount it to the fiberglass cap, there won't be any metal there. The other two items to address are DC ground and RF ground. I think for RF ground, the cap would be OK, cause it is a large flat surface. For DC ground, I already have the radio grounded to the battery. But do I need to DC ground the antenna cable at the base of the antenna? I don't think that I do. Meaning the fiberglass cap would be an acceptable place for the antenna to be mounted. Or am I interpreting this wrong? [/QUOTE]
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