Yes, QST in around 1967 featured the "mobiloop", which was similar. I
can't imagine driving around with one of those on the car today.
Bob WB2VUF
On 12/31/2010 4:33 PM, Bill Harris wrote:
> FYI
> wb2vuf's comments remind me of an article in CQ, early fifties (I believe)
> The author pulled his 75 meter whip antenna over and grounded the tip on the
> front bumper. The picture of the car was on the front cover; A Studebaker
> convertible. If my memory serves me right, the author said it increased his
> signal approximately 6 db.
> This article was before the Korean Police Action. During the"PA", the Army
> did utilize pulled over whip antennas on their communication trucks; A
> deuce and a half with an HU17 com/hut on back, pulling a trailed AC
> generator. Mobile rig was a BC-610 xmtr.& a BC312(?) Worked great for short
> skip.
> There may be a few of you who still have a copy of that CQ issue. I'm still
> looking for mine.
> Happy New Year ya all.
> BillHarris/w7kxb
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:28:18 -0500
>> From: wb2vuf@verizon.net
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New and Improved Terminology
>>
>> We called it "short skip", during my misspent youth. From my Novice
>> days in 1966 to the present, I don't think I've ever had an antenna
>> higher than about 25 feet anyway. I work mostly 80 m traffic nets,
>> where we're more interested in covering the state than in DX. Years
>> ago, I put up a ground mounted trap vertical because there were no big
>> trees at the QTH. On 75m I couldn't be heard 5 miles away. I then
>> rigged a low 1/4 wave inverted "L" fed at the base of the vertical and
>> got instant statewide coverage.
>> Today, when I go on vacation with my Ten-Tec Scout, I rig a low 80 meter
>> dipole. Operating from a wooded lake valley, I get great signal reports
>> on 80, with signal strength at a range of 50 miles as good a my signal
>> at 5 miles.
>>
>> I first heard the term NVIS (Near Vertical Incident Skywave) back in
>> 1981. I was doing flight testing some navigation equipment at Lakehurst
>> Naval Air Station on NJ and I came a cross a couple of guys with a Huey
>> helicopter and an old Dodge M37 truck with some funny antennas on them.
>> They called the antennas shorted loops. They were sort of half loops
>> with the far end grounded to the helicopter tail boom or to the truck's
>> front brush guard. They were simultaneously developing these low-profile
>> antennas and experimenting with HF NVIS. The need for this in a
>> helicopter came out of the Viet Nam experience where it was proven that
>> a high flying helicopter is pretty vulnerable to ground fire. The new
>> aviation doctrine that evolved from that is "nap of the earth" (NOE)
>> flying where the helo flies low and scoots through valleys and ducks
>> behind hills. This kind of flying is not conducive to VHF line of sight
>> communication, hence the need for HF NVIS operation. HF NVIS was also
>> used during Operation Desert Storm, particularly since there were not
>> enough SATCOM channels to go around.
>>
>> Anyway, it works for me and my operating style. I use a low 80 meter
>> dipole plus a low 65 foot inverted L as a backup. The big rigs (Paragon
>> and Corsair) do fine, but the system works well for the little rigs
>> (Scout and Century 22) which only run 20 or 30 watts.
>>
>
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