Jeff,
If I remember, a Hamstick needs a ground plane or a counterpoise to be efficient. What I have done on occasion, is use 2 Hamsticks together as a rotatable dipole. I picked up a mount at a hamfest that allows me to do this. Here is a photo of the set up. The 75m magmount Hamstick is on the mini-van, the dipole is for 20m.
73
Andy - n1ork
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