A few thoughts...

One old-time rule on Helical antennas is that it takes about twice the amount 
of wire to accomplish what a straight piece of wire would do;, so, for this 
case, that would be about 75/2, or and effective wire length of 37.5 feet, or 
~125 Meters (of I did my math right). That length represents between 1/2 and 
5/8 wavelength at 20 Meters, so it (theoretically) would be ground-plane 
independent with a very low angle of radiation. 

Sounds like it's working in any case! Congrats...

Happy New Year to the group,

Gary, WA6HZT

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