>Antenna length, Antenna height.  I've used a marine antenna mounted on the
>side of the luggage rack with great success.  They are self grounding (1/2
>wave design) so they don't require a big magnet or drilling of metal,
>mounting on the luggage rack gives you the height, and they are long enough

Chris - what about needing a "ground plane"?  I notice a HUGE difference in
reception (with the same k40 radio) between a magnetic-mounted antenna on
the steel roof of our Cherokee vs. a glass-mounted antenna on the Westy.  I
always thought that you needed a big flat area of metal underneath the
antenna to form a ground plane in order to achieve good performance...

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

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