[50mhz] 6m Mobile Antennas

[Chris Williams W6NOB]

Mike,

That's not much data to work with there but I'll give it a try.

Okay, NO WHIPS or GLASS MOUNTS.

What type of vehicle are you going to mount/install this antenna on?

What materials is it constructed of?

Conductive, nonconductive, plastic, fiberglass, metal, etc?

If it's a modern family type car it may have plastic bumper covers of even 
plastic fenders. If so you can apply metallic foil tape under that area of 
the vehicle and create an antenna using any of the common antenna designs 
described in the antenna section of the Handbook or the Antenna Book. A 
simple dipole or an 1/4 wave element using the metallic portion of the car 
as its counterpoise would do nicely. This would be STEALTHY.

Of course antenna performance may not be up to that of more conventional 
antennas, but this is one of the compromise's you have to accept when you 
require the antenna to be STEALTHY. There may be other possibilities as 
well.

I hope this helps get you started thinking about what's possible in your 
situation. Please let the group here know how you ultimately work it out. It 
should be very interesting.

73 de Chris W6NOB DM04uc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MKHAM at aol.com>
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Cc: <MKHAM at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 7:52 PM
Subject: [50mhz] 6m Mobile Antennas


> Hello
> Looking for  a STEALTHY MOBILE  6m Antenna. No Whips or Glass Mounts. Your
> help would be welcomed.
> Thanks in Advance
> Mike
> n9tny
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