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Re: [TowerTalk] Toyota RF Problems (was Honda HF antennas)

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Toyota RF Problems (was Honda HF antennas)
From: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 17:39:07 -0400
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My mobile installation is in a 1999 Toyota 4-Runner and I've never 
experienced any ignition, alternator, or alternator noise. They have since 
changed body styles on the 4-Runner and I have no experience with those.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

>
>> The Toyota Sequoia is an RF DOG -- the body is virtually
>> unbonded to itself, thanks to lots of paint between all of
>> the hardware that bolts it together.
>
> This brings up a good question.  I installed a 9' SS whip on the luggage
> rack of my 2005 Cadillac Escalade which worked great with a Kenwood AT-300
> auto-tuner but I had S9 engine noise.  I often use a pushup flagpole mast
> with the under-the-tire ground bracket for portable operation, but would
> like to have a more mobile setup.
>
> Which, if any, of the current SUV's have a good record for ready to go
> mobile antenna operation?
>
>
> Jon Hamlet,  W4ZW
>
> Casey Key Island, Florida
> "A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico"
>
>
> (For list purposes, I guess my SUV in this instance  is my "tower")
>
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