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Originally Posted by Marc Heusser
Because of an antenna unfriendly neighborhood and limited space I am
considering using a Diamond antenna either with or without radials,
specifically X-50 vs SE-100.
They are the same length, but the SE-100 is a "marine" antenna without
radials. Nominally they both sport the same gain etc.
What are the tradeoffs?
Without radials it would certainly look less conspicious.
TIA
Marc
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Do what you wish but the ground radials on the diamond A50 are there for a reason. It would be in your best interest to leave them on. It's small enough to begin with that you should not have any problem hiding it. I have one up and it's well hid at 30'.
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