[Elecraft] OT: Mobile operation "bible"

[Bill Frantz]

I have a Little Tarheel screwdriver antenna on the 4Runner. It 
works well on 21MHz and higher, and less well as you go down in 
frequency. When parked, I try to add an external counterpose 
clipped to the ground side of the antenna mount, which seems to 
help on 40M. I really think you want your counterpose to be on 
the order of 1/4 wave long, and the 4Runner isn't 10 meters long.

I do remember doing search and pounce in the California QSO 
party on 80M. As I tuned up the band and found a new station, I 
had to re-turn the antenna, which I did while giving my call. 
Everyone who answered said something along the line of, "You're 
down in the noise, but we'll make it work." I thank them.

73 Bill AE6JV

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