[TowerTalk] Portable Antennas for Nomadic Winabago People

[Tom Osborne]

Lee Buller wrote:
> 
> I have a friend who just purchased a new 33 foot Winabago.  He >has a "screwdriver" antenna mounted and a TS-450.  and he and I >were wondering what other people used in a "portable" setting?  >Do these nomads put up dipoles for a month or a verticle. 

Hi Lee
The best thing I've ever used while RV'ing was a Hustler mobile
antenna.  I took a quarter wave piece of wire and hooked it to
the mast just below the resonator and threw the other end over a
tree limb or something.  It worked great and the SWR was way
down.  73
Tom W7WHY

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