[Elecraft] Re: Mobile Antennas

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

And a WIDE copper strap, maybe some copper 'flashing' (left over) from a 
home construction site, should work even better.

Tom  N0SS

At 04:05 PM 4/16/02, Charles Bland wrote:
>Don't use braid. Jacketed, stranded wire? You bet, but not braid.
>
>In my professional role, we require that ground braids be replaced.
>They can be a source of noise and corrosion, which deteriorates
>their performance.
>
>Chuck Bland
>
>Note Bob Patten's stunning brilliance and Chuck's apt reply (gack!)
>
> > I use the Hustler on a three-magnet mag mount.  The capacitive ground
> > would be fine for 2M, but for 20M (and especially 40M) you should run
> > as short a braid as you can rig from the feed point of the antenna to
> > the truck bed.  The vinyl pads on the mag-mount are not very scratch
> > protective, so I slip each magnet into a plastic baggie before sticking
> > it on the trunk.  This arrangement and the Hustler work great for me.
> >
> > If you hear me mobiling around FL the weekend after next, it will be in
> > the Florida QSO Party.  K4PG and I will cover 21 counties using N4BP.
> > Rig will be an IC-706 running 100W, mostly CW.  We will log by computer
> > (NA) and also use it for rig control.