[CTSARA] Mobile HF

[Joel Hallas]

Steve,

The 102 inch whip will work well on 10 and 12 meters, but I doubt you'll hear many folks there. I have tried that arrangement and found that a loaded whip works much better on the lower frequency bands which will be where you want to operate. I found that both hamstick types, and hustler whips worked quite well. The tuner will allow covering a whole band, which the whips won't do themselves. You can even work a band lower than the whip is designed for (30 m with 20 m whip, for example), it doesn't work quite as well - but easier than changing antennas while driving at 75! 

I preferred the hustler, only because they broke down into parts that fit in my trunk.

I found CW was much more successful than SSB, but have been known to break pileups on 20 SSB from time-to-time, and had many memorable contacts including a VK on 20 SSB as I left the house one morning. We were both 59+ and he was the only signal I heard on the band. 

Regards, Joel Hallas, W1ZR
Westport, CT


-----Original Message-----
From: ctsara-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ctsara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve, KB1YLQ
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 09:24
To: GNARC; Stamford Amateur Radio Association
Subject: [CTSARA] Mobile HF

Looking to go mobile HF down to Hamvention.  102 fiberglass whip.  Mounted to a jaw thingy clamped to my bed step handle. Will also run ground from mount to bed bolt. Will run a 480hx 200 watt with external tuner. Have battery power in cab for dmr and 2m. Will tap off that. Thinking about getting a power pole distribution system. Comments?  Steve, KB1YLQSent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone