For something permanent that would be good, but you still need a ground plane with any 1/4 wave antenna.
For prototyping I use a wire stuck into a bread board with the bread board setting on an aluminum plate. The plate is connected to ground (zero rail).

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Techn...df/6201025.pdf
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Techn...20Radiates.pdf