[ICOM] Best antenna for 706 mobile?

[Dr. Howard S. White]

The tuner is essential

I am using an AH-4 Tuner with a Francis Amazer 108" CB whip mounted on a
hustler quick disconnect mount on the side of my SUV...Get good reports on
40 and 80... great reports on 20... superb reports on 17, 15,12,10..

However I also have on quick disconnects.. single band tuned Valor
antennas... these always perform at least 1-2 S unit better because they are
effectively center loaded...

So if I am driving around.. I use the long whip... If I am stationary and
want to get the best results on a single frequency then I use the Valors.

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Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6

"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Shields" <w4das at adelphia.net>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: [ICOM] Best antenna for 706 mobile?


> 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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