another question for the TRC-495

[humanphibian]

I am moving to a ranch that has a 50'x60' metal building on top of a hill. This will be the location for my "Man Cave" and the base radio I a going to be messing with. I have a Predator 10K "Special" that Kale built for me (10 5/8" shaft and comp coil) with a lug mount on a tri-mag that I use on my mobile sometimes. Will this workif I slap it up on the shop roof? Sorry for the questions....but I have never run a base rig before.

thanks...
Phib'

[Grump]

Yeah it will work, it may work even work pretty well as big as the metal roof is for the ground plane. How high is it going to be

[humanphibian]

top of the roof is approx 25'. I can either use the mag mount, or utilize a pole that is already mounted to the side that is currently holding up a TV antenna.

However....I just came across a deal on 4 - 10' sections of radio tower...so I may end up doing a dedicated antenna for the base.

thanks for the input!!

[Grump]

The predator will work good on the top of the roof till you get the tower up and then get a 5/8 groundplane to put up you will love it.

[humanphibian]

cool. I have been eyeing the Imax 2000 for a few days...it seems like it would be a good choice for my "starter" rig.

[Grump]

Never used one of those. Some say they are good but I'm partial to the 5/8ths ground plane better all around antenna