[TowerTalk] Mobile antennas?

[Paul Playford]

The framework of the motor home may come into play Steve.  My motor home has
a real nice aluminum roof, which makes an incredible groundplane for my
outbacker antenna, and would probably destroy the pattern of any horizontal
antenna that I could put on it.  Climbing up on the roof to change bands is
a PITA though.

I'm not interested in operating hf while on the road as my 32' R-V requires
100% of my attention.

An excellent place to research antennas on motor homes is the Quartsite, AZ
hamfest, held every spring concurrently with the Quartsite rock, mineral and
R-V show.

de Paul, W8AEF

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 4:14 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Mobile antennas?


> Greetings, TowerTalkians --
>
>     I have a chance to put a radio in a 26' motorhome. It sounds like the
> FT-857 is pretty nifty and better than the IC-706 MK2G. Any comments?
>
>     I understand that the Hi-Q mobile antennas are the ones to beat.
Comments
> appreciated.
>
>     Now here's a brainstorm - what about mounting a BuddiPole dipole so
that
> it runs in the same plane as the RV? Sure, it'll stick it out a little on
each
> end and won't be very high but it should be reasonably efficient. And
cheaper
> than the Hi-Q. So what didn't I think of? Comments invited.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve      K7LXC
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