[Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough?

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

I wonder if a wire taped around the circumference of the carrier to form 
either a loop or a Moxon-shaped thing and fed in its center might not 
work, if the carrier is non-conductive and contains non-conductive things.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 20 Aug 2017 02:15, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Some of us (admittedly, very few) see invisible mobile antennas as
> the holy Grail. We engage in a decades-long search for an antenna
> that our significant other won't scorn. Or sabotage.
> 
> My own search just got an unexpected boost when I realized that a 4
> foot loaded whip would fit fully inside the plastic cartop carrier on
> our Honda CRV. As we speak the whip is resting on a pile of
> nonconductive pillows and towels. I have yet to measure their
> dielectric effects. Six feet of coax snakes through the sunroof and
> is then retained by the passenger-side visor.
> 
> The KX2 fits snugly in a dashboard compartment that until this
> morning held my YL's Bonnie Rait CDs. More on that later if
> necessary.
> 
> I've been listening to the NA QSO party on 20 meters as we drive. Not
> the best Mobile antenna available, but one step closer to nirvana.
> 
> Wayne N6KR
> 
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