Have used metal as a ground plane & it worked great. Metal sections must be well bonded together or rectification will result. The larger the better.
John Hendricks K7JLT On Jul 4, 2013, at 16:16, KD7YZ Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday Taenzer used a Straight-Key to send: > -------------Original Comment------- > >> We've been considering having a metal roof, but I'm wondering about the >> possible impact of the metal roof on the radiation pattern > > I can tell you that my barn metal roof allows me to make about an hour > window to the WNW for 6m EME. I do not have Az/El rotator. > > The 6M8GJ 8 element is about 30 feet above , and at the apex of, the > barn roof. The orientation of the barn is generally also WNW. > > It's predictable, never fails and I have made a few EME contacts on 6m > looking that way towards moonset and an Elevation of about 28 degrees > and down. > > -- > Best regards, > Bob KD7YZ Win7-64bit + K3 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
