[Elecraft] Really OT: Inside-the-vehicle HF antennas (possible bonus points)

[Matthew Cook]

Mount your iPad/Tablet to the dash, install 3G/4G internet capable router
(internal antennas) into the car, Heil Headset & RR1274 then remote into
your K3/KPA500/KAT500 remote station at home.   Works rather nicely.

Otherwise ruggedised whip tuner under the bonnet (err hood) with a thin
discrete stainless steel whip mounted on the front of the car there
somewhere.

73

Matthew
VK5ZM

On 16 July 2017 at 10:23, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> I’m dealing with one of the last unsolved problems in amateur radio: how
> to operate HF mobile without an antenna. At least not one that, according
> to some vehicle co-owners/spouses, would defile your new sedan.
>
> For 10 bonus points that have only philosophical value, your challenge is
> to create an invisible mobile antenna and actually make a QSO on it. For
> practical purposes (i.e., not frying the car or passengers) let’s say the
> maximum power level is 10 watts. The bands of interest are 40-10 meters.
>
> Here are some ideas I’m considering:
>
> - mag loop in the rear window
> - thin wire loop on a roof rack
> - gamma match to the entire roof
> - surface acoustic waves
> - prayer
>
> Other ideas?
>
> Yes, I know this violates the laws of physics and bioethics. And I fully
> expect the car to generate debilitating levels of RFI. But isn’t this the
> least you’d expect from an unsolved problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
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