Preahin' to the chior..

[5H Outlaw]

..but I just go the A-99 put up and what a difference!! Real happy with it.

[Phaze91460]

Yup, congrats

Love mine, movein it up 30 more feet tomorrow !

[BobOstro61]

Do you have the ground plane kit with yours? I bought it for mine. Its supposed to be in the 50's this weekend. I'm gonna get a 10 foot pipe to strap to my chimney, toss on the ground plane kit, and have a go at it. I had to buy new coax because the 50 feet I have now is about 4 feet too short for the 10 foot mast. Got 57 feet which I heard is the optimum length for an A-99. I don't know how true that is though.

[5H Outlaw]

Yes the gpk came with it. It's not high enough to use it tho. Maybe in the future I'll try to get it higher but I'm trying to keep the neighbor off my back now......

[Mr RadioActive]

neighbor who needs them!

[BobOstro61]

Just had my first run-in with a neighbor this afternoon. Sittin' out in the mobile with the Dave Made on. Whaaaaa Whaaaaaaaa!! You're coming through the TV!! Whaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

[Rex_foxhound]

LOL!
What does the ground plane kit do exactly?

[BobOstro61]

Not being an antenna guru or anything, from what I gather, it increases receive and transmit. Since my antenna isn't very high (and probably never will be), anything that helps is a plus.

[5H Outlaw]

So when you get that huge radio for your base, what're ya gonna do with the Sonar. (hint hint) I've got an old barefoot Cobra that could use a little warmth.

[5H Outlaw]

I just have to see what happens when I hit a hundred posts.

Holy crap, lookit all them rk 56s!!!!!!!!!!

[BobOstro61]

I will most definitely keep you in mind when I get the big radio and its time to sell the BR-21. I don't know exactly when I'm going to get the new radio however.

[Falkon MX-5]

Not being an antenna guru or anything, from what I gather, it increases receive and transmit. Since my antenna isn't very high (and probably never will be), anything that helps is a plus.

From what I gather:
Your antenna is basically a dipole antenna. You can make a cheap dipole antenna by connecting a wire of a certain length to the conductor of a coax feed line and a wire of the same length to the shield of a coax. That's just a cheap dipole. What the ground plane kit does is give you those radial antennas which act as the other side.

On a car, the whip is pretty much connected to the conductor and the car chassis acts as the ground plane. So, in theory, if you pound a ground rod into the ground and run a ground strap from the mount on your A99 to the ground rod, it should improve the antenna.

Don't quote me on this, since this only what I've been told.

[bambini]

All of my neighbors for blocks around me run cable TV. My current base is running barefoot. I shouldn't bother anybody...?? NO?

I do hear my kids one floor down in the living room claiming they hear my broadcast over our stereos sub woofer. It's hard wired to the stereo not RF. That worries me a little bit. Will a linear bother cable reception?

[BobOstro61]

I believe so. A linear will just boost what ever signal is getting into their wires. JCollins posted this link for a MJF-915 coax isolator. He says his stopped all TVI interference.

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