UHF aerial placement

Submitted: Tuesday, Aug 20, 2002 at 00:00
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Hi all,

I have a question regarding the placement of my UHF aerial. It is a 6Db non ground independent type. Whislt I understand that for best performance it should be placed in the middle of the car (ie on the roof) I was wondering if this means it actually has to touch the metal. Currently I have it mounted on the front middle of my cage type roof rack (basically just to the left of the drivers head). This is in the middle of the car but as you can imagine is not in direct contact with the large metal ground plane beneath it (ie the car itself). Have I mounted the aerial in the best place possible of have I completely misunderstood the idea all together.

Cheers
Grazza
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