[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I understand the antenna's manual (and the recommendations I had here and elsewhere about this), I should be seeing about a 5 dbd gain.
Where on earth is 5dB beyond a free-space dipole coming from with a single ground mounted monopole? That makes absolutely no sense.
Under the best of circumstances you're very lucky to be getting near 0dBi with a quarter-wave vertical on the ground. Between the imperfect ground screen and the coax you're probably losing at least 1 - 1.5dB on the low bands. That's really pretty good for a vertical.
73 Frank AB2KT
