On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:43:13 -0500, "Phil" wrote:

Hello , am looking for advise on a VHF Omni directional antenna for a small
fixed base operation , looked at a commercial ant. and the price is a little
high for a 1/4 wave vertical , am sure the quality is there but am wondering
if I could modify a Ringo or something else to work just as good , would
have it resonate on 123.000 as this is our Unicom freq., a little gain would
be OK .
Thanks
Phil L.
W8KLK

Have you looked at RST?

Regards,
Bob KA7HLB