5/8 wave for 20 meters

Hi gang,
I'm trying to think of a new antenna for 20 Meters. Had a thought of a 5/8 wave vertical up the side of the house. My calculations tell me this would be about 41+ feet. Couple of questions:

- is this a good idea?
- can I do it without radials, I'm thinking ground stake, inductor, 41 feet of wire straight up, tapping the inductor at the 50 ohm point with coax.
- I attempted to model this in NEC2 and for 5/8 at 20M I'm getting an impeadance at the base at about 7.4613E+01-4.3625E+04j. Does that seem likely or is my model broken?

Looking forward to what you all think.

Thanks,

--> Rob

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