[ICOM] Best antenna for 706 mobile?

David S. McCallum w7sac at juno.com
Tue Jan 4 23:34:07 EST 2005


Doug I didn't see what type vehicle your going to mount it on (car or
truck I mean). I run the LITTLE TAR HEEL  on the leading edge of the
trunk of my Monte Carlo SS and it does a great job for me. Check out
their site, and I'm you'll get all kinds of inputs on this question, Good
Luck, Mac

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:44:17 -0500 "Doug Shields" <w4das at adelphia.net>
writes:
> Hello all,
>     I am considering purchasing an IC-706MKIIG for mobile use.  I 
> have never
> done any HF mobile work and thought it would be neat to give it a 
> try.  Of
> course, Icom recommends the AH-4 tuner and AH-2B antenna 
> combination.  Can
> anyone recommend this combination?  Or, what other antennas would 
> you
> recommend?  I don't want anything huge and I don't have to be able 
> to tune
> every corner of every band.  I suspect I would use 40 and 20 meters 
> the
> most.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks very much.
> 
> Doug W4DAS
> 
> 
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