I've just bought a ground plane kit for a CB antenna. It's a bit basic - just a square metal plate with four radials coming off it. Being a newbie I'm a bit confused as to how it should be connected. Should the ground plane be connected to the shield of the cable or the core?
the clue is in the name.. <ground> plane...... mike "tg" wrote in message news:4786721f$0$8427$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... > I've just bought a ground plane kit for a CB antenna. It's a bit basic - > just a square metal plate with four radials coming off it. Being a newbie > I'm a bit confused as to how it should be connected. Should the ground > plane be connected to the shield of the cable or the core? >
"tg" wrote in message news:4786721f$0$8427$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... > I've just bought a ground plane kit for a CB antenna. It's a bit basic - > just a square metal plate with four radials coming off it. Being a newbie > I'm a bit confused as to how it should be connected. Should the ground > plane be connected to the shield of the cable or the core? You generally fit the antenna mount to the plate, the radials to the plate, the coax to the mount and the antenna to the mount. The mount should connect the shield to the ground plane. -- People. You can't live with 'em and it's illegal to hunt them...except in Texas. Highfields Amateur Radio Club: http://highfields-arc.co.uk
if you have the right aerial and mount it should seem obvious.. but if you have a groundplane and a aerial but no mounting then your shafted.. the mounting should go through the groundplane and then coax should connect to the mount, the groundplanes are pretty good in making a decent mobile aerial into a base aerial.. "tg" wrote in message news:4786721f$0$8427$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... > I've just bought a ground plane kit for a CB antenna. It's a bit basic - > just a square metal plate with four radials coming off it. Being a newbie > I'm a bit confused as to how it should be connected. Should the ground > plane be connected to the shield of the cable or the core? >
