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    The only 3 piece Shakespeare antenna I recall was the Black Pirate model but didn't think they made those until 95 and then only ran for a couple years mostly in the EU market. The metal base where the pole mounts is extra long so you could add the 4 piece ground radial to. It had tuning rings also like the Solarcon.
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    the only info i could find on a 3 piece big stick .......

    http://www.cbtricks.com/ant_manuals/...e_nbs_2010.pdf

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver bullet View Post
    Would a ground plane kit be helpful for a shake spear big stick antenna?
    I tried that a long time ago. I put a Maco v58 radial hub and radials on the bottom and it did absolutely nothing to help performance - but it looked cool.

    The 2-piece Big Stick is a 1/2 wave and the bottom half is already ground, like a dipole but vertical, so adding more to it won't help, and in some setups it might even upset the balance and cause an swr problem.

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