[CVRC] Wanted

[Neil McKie]

  In my opinion, you first need to determine if the bumper is strong 
 enough to support anything beyond a bumper sticker. 

  Every vehicle I have ever owned / still own, has that capability. 
 Currently, Chevy Suburban, what else? 


  I knew of a guy in 1958 who bought a brand new 4 passemger 
 Thunderbird.  Had a piece of 6" steel channeling welded to the frame 
 and came out from underneath the left rear corner of the car.  To 
 that he mounted a large piece of polystyrene block as an insulator.  

  As the base of his center loaded whip he mounted a chrome plated 
 diesel truck drive shaft.  Above that, was the hand wound loading 
 coil.  The top was two pieces of army tank whip screwed together 
 with a 6" corona ring

  This antenna was fed by a 2 KW 75 meter AM transmitter mounted in 
 the trunk.  

  The Push To Talk button on the mic keyed the field winding of a B29 
(airplane) 28 VDC 300 amp generator V-belted to the crank-shaft of 
 the engine.  Pressing that PTT button temporarily stalled the 
 generator and caused burnt rubber on the the V-belts. 

  The several dynamotors were mounted under the seats of the car ... 
 and when the installation was complete, he could still get 4 people 
 in the car. 

  Replacing tires were beacause of the carbon track burnt across 
 them.  He didn't dare park under a tree because of the corona off 
 the top of the antenna. 


  Hope this helps ... :) 

  Neil McKie - WA6KLA   


Theplanters95 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> I am looking for somebody to make a custom antenna mount for a 
> screwdriver antenna.  It will be L shaped and welded to the frame 
> of the bumper.   Can anybody help out?
> 
> Randy ka4nma
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