[Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough?

[Fred Jensen]

My end-fed wire on the wooden fence 1.8 meters AGL works pretty good.  6 
over 6 over 6 monobanders would do better [by actual test, they do [:-) 
], but RF current in a non-buried conductor will radiate.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 8/19/2017 8:52 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
> 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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