Hello. I am interested in installing a 102" whip on my house. Unfortunately, I have pancreatic cancer, so climbing a 28' ladder is out of the question. A 16' ladder should be doable. My problem is that I have no place to mount radials. If I were to install a 102" or 108" wire from the S0239 side and let it hang vertically, would this accomplish the same purpose to obtain a low SWR on 11 meters? I already have an 8' electrical ground rod in the earth so the antenna would be electrically grounded. Thanks.
Very hard to tell if it will or not there are thousands of variables , i have done it before in some cases it worked very well best to do is experiment and just try it to see what kind of swr you get, i have been using a dj speaker stand that goes up 9 feet and it works excellent but you just have to experiment and try differnt things. Thats the whole fun in it i think. Just make sure you have a good meter . To give you accurate readings.
