KISS SSB Ground Plane Counterpoise

we've been dealing with counterpoise for handheld rubber duck antennas for quite some time and we've seen in the field that they do increase your performance and they're especially recommended for deep backcountry situations where repeaters might have to be accessed during emergencies we've just upped the game with our rat tail because there's a few things that I've learned over time and when I go back and look at a lot of the popular videos on YouTube I see what appears to be some common misconceptions which could make a significant difference to how you make your rat tail in terms of the materials and the design as well and we're gonna run few run through excuse me a few of these things and then you can make up your own mind as to how you'd like to proceed let's start with what we know a rat tail or counter placed more accurately is accomplishing and how it relates to one of these so