Antenna selection and ground plane
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:34 pm
Hi Guys,
I have a couple of radios kicking around at home (66-88MHz and 136-174MHz) that I am thinking of installing in my 4WD as RX only radios. They are only sitting around as paper weights at the moment and want to make use of them if possible.
My questions are;
Suitable antennas for these radios?
I am not a fan of drilling holes in the roof for mounting antennas and want to avoid
Am I limiting myself too much by trying to stick to ground independent antennas?
OR,
I have a full length steel roof cage on my 4wd, can I run an earth to this and use it as a ground plane?
any advice would be much appreciated,
Cheers
I have a couple of radios kicking around at home (66-88MHz and 136-174MHz) that I am thinking of installing in my 4WD as RX only radios. They are only sitting around as paper weights at the moment and want to make use of them if possible.
My questions are;
Suitable antennas for these radios?
I am not a fan of drilling holes in the roof for mounting antennas and want to avoid
Am I limiting myself too much by trying to stick to ground independent antennas?
OR,
I have a full length steel roof cage on my 4wd, can I run an earth to this and use it as a ground plane?
any advice would be much appreciated,
Cheers