[ADXA] Speaking of tube type mobiles. Another installation situation in a Monza.

[HamOP]

I had the same thing while at Georgia Tech in 1961-63, using my Swan 120 or whatever it was that was the single band SSB xcvr on 20m. BUT, the car was a new Corvaire Monza with trunk up front and engine in the rear. Had a mobile antenna installed by my drilling a HOLE on top the left rear fender area and installing a mobile antenna that bent in the middle about 3 foot up where you could lower it at a right angle towards the front of the car. When upright you had to slide up a twist metal device that held it together vertical. I just knew some Sigma Nu brother was going to remove my antenna at the bottom and just leave the big spring. Have had a lot of Vettes over the years, started the NWAR Vette club in mid 1996, but never had a rig in one thank God. Real gutsy David. hi hi   Later mobile stuff was only on 2m FM and a short magnetic antenna was used. That was in Hot Springs in the 70s.
San


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From: Jay Bromley
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 10:34 PM
To: 'David Norris'
Cc: ADXA at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ADXA] Speaking of tube type mobiles.

I hope you have pictures to share at the next ADXA meeting!

73 de jay..

From: David Norris <k5uz at icloud.com> 
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 10:11 PM
To: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net>
Cc: WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com>; ADXA at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ADXA] Speaking of tube type mobiles.

I had an FT 101E mobile in my car in college. It was in a 1967 Sting Ray roadster and I set the rig in the hold behind the seats centered to where I could reach back and tune the rig. I had a hustler that was on a home brew mount bolted to the rear of the frame (due to the fiberglass body). It worked DX pretty well too. The coolest and fastest mobile of its time. A tube final rig in a classic car in the early 80’s.  And there was one other ADXA member that could work CW mobile and drive a stick... 

73 
David A. Norris, K5UZ
Director, Delta Division

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On Aug 17, 2019, at 3:49 PM, Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net> wrote:
I am fairly sure with the Galaxy he was running SSB.
 
The old cars with old tube base stations are stuck in my mind, hi.
 
73 de jay..
 
From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of WB5JJJ
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 11:36 AM
To: ADXA at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ADXA] Speaking of tube type mobiles.
 
How many of you have ever been guilty of this teenage indulgence?  This all happened probably 10 years before I got my license.  I knew all about Amateur Radio, but had too many other things on my mind back then to study and learn CW, to get a license.  
 
Back in my early Navy days (~1967), I was stationed in Maryland going to a school.  A classmate had a Galaxy (I think) tube rig in the floorboard on the passenger side of his car.  And what looked like a huge whip on the rear bumper, and I remember he was on 14Mhz and working the world at night.  Some things just stick to memory cells.  Now, I don't remember if he was running SSB or AM, but some of you old timers might chime in on the technology of the day.  
 
The radio was aglow in white light from the filaments and when he transmitted there was a loud kerchunk from the T/R relays, then a couple of the tubes got cherry red and the engine revved up bit.  In the summer, with the windows down (no A/C), my legs got hot from not only the tubes, but probably a lot of stray RF.  
 
Now the fun part.  He would park in front of the base movie theater and when he talked, the neon would modulate with his voice.  He was lighting up neon for about 10' either side of his antenna, which was within a couple feet of the bottom row of neon.  
 
Don't know what the other folks on base though of the light display, but we sure enjoyed the light show.  
 
George - WB5JJJ
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