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Originally Posted by Andy N1ORK
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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I like that ham stick diapole Andy. I've heard of that but never actually seen the setup. Thanks for posting the pic.
Jeff, that may be the way to go. You could put those hamsticks atop your mast pole. I may have to purchase another 40 and 75 meter ham stick and use that configuration from my RV. I primarily run 40 and 75 meters and that should work well. It's not something I would want to put up at every stop, but if I'm going to be at the same location for several days it would be nice. I'm sure it works much better than a single verticle ham stick.
Jim